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Bondurant

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030966
MRDS ID M009482
Record type Site
Current site name Bondurant
Alternate or previous names Hathaway-Bondurant
Related records 10212391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.05016, 37.72631 (WGS84)
Elevation 939
Relative position 9 MI ENE OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 017E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 ( AND 24 AND 36 ). UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chiefly Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.05016, 37.72631
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 40 E
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CRUMPLED BLACK SLATES, SLATY MICA SCHISTS COARSER GRAINED GNEISSES. 3 MAJOR PARALLEL VEINS, THE BONDURANT, REYNOLDS AND LOUISIANA. ORE SHOOTS AT 300 FT LEVEL AND BETWEEN THE 150 AND 200 FT LEVEL. ALTERED DIKE ROCK IS PROBABLY FINE GRAINED BIOTITE-RICH GRANODIORITE. BONDURANT VEIN IS 18 IN. TO 4 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1856
Production years 1856 - 1942

Mining district

District name Kinsley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Adams, A. E.

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Period - 1915
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.34 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 10g/mt
  • Year 1915
    Period - 1915
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.6 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 17g/mt
  • Year 1915
    Period - 1915
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^490 Lb/Ton Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 221400g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1870 $30/TON ORE WAS BEING MILLED. FROM 1888 - 1940 17,000 TONS YIELDED A TOTAL OF $290,000. FROM 1940 - 1942 AN ADDITIONAL 12-14,000 TONS WAS MINED WHICH YIELDED APPROX. $98,000. BETWEEN 1911 - 1915 APPROX. 746 TONS ORE YIELDED 431.95 OZ AU, 259 OZ AG, 3672 POUNDS OF CU. FROM 1931 - 1940 A TOTAL OF 16,595 TONS ORE YIELDED 7879.92 OZ GOLD AND 5176 OZ AG. ALSO 85,000 LBS OF PB WAS PRODUCED PROBABLY IN THE PERIOD FROM 1880 - 1940 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 40.47HA
    Overall depth 125.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TOTAL OF 2500 FT. OF DRIFTS ON THE 100 , 150 , 250 , 300 AND 350 FT. LEVELS. CROSS CUT TUNNEL OF 1100 FT. WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LENGTHENED TO 1700 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 85 .

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 79 - 81 , 244 , 547 - 8

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 265 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV.-MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 124

  • Deposit

    5) JULIHN, C. E., & HORTON, F. W., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE U. S.: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424 , P. 139 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS, ORE SHOOTS
Deposit 2ND OLDEST PATENTED MINE IN THE COUNTY. COMPRISES NEARLY 1000 ACRES; 100 ACRES OF PATENTED MINERAL LAND, 740 ACRES OF PATENTED TIMBER LAND, TWO TUNNEL LOCATIONS AND ONE MILL SITE.
Deposit Discovery Year: PATENTED 1856

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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