Long Mary Mine, Pendola Gardens, Mount Bullion, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 29' 51'' North , 120° 7' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Catheys Valley | 825 (2011) | 7.8km |
| Bear Valley | 125 (2011) | 8.0km |
| Mariposa | 2,173 (2017) | 14.7km |
| Midpines | 1,204 (2011) | 19.3km |
| Bootjack | 960 (2011) | 21.9km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mariposa Gem & Mineral Club | Mariposa, California | 15km |
Mindat Locality ID:
82289
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:82289:4
GUID (UUID V4):
28ddea90-3e12-4aa5-853d-997e259654e5
A former lode Au mine located in the N½ (?) sec. 17, T5S, R17E, MDM, 3.3 km (2.0 miles) SW of Pendola Gardens (¼ mile N of Mount Bullion-Hornitos Road; 6 miles W of Mount Bullion). Discovered prior to 1900. Operated during the periods 1900 to 1905, 1908 to 1911, and 1914 to 1915. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters. May be on the Indian Gulch (1962) 15 minute quadrangle topo map. UTM measured on prospect in the NE¼ sec. 17 or the NW¼ sec. 16. Latitude-longitude values calculated from township, range, section.
Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in Late Jurassic slate. The ore body strikes N85W and dipd 65SW at a thickness of 0.61 meters. The wall rocks are Upper Jurassic Mariposa Formation. Local rocks include Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains).
Workings include surface and underground openings with a length of 956.16 meters and an overall depth of 125.88 meters. InN 1920, workings were a 413 foot inclined shaft with 4 levels and an adit 263 feet long, plus 2,471 feet of drifts, raises and stopes. No surface workings are described.
Production data are found in: Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957).
No production since 1915; workings inaccessible.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109236 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Foothills-Wallowa DomainDomain
USA
- California
- Mother Lode BeltBelt
- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060430350
