The Konocti Mine Bell is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California.
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Mine Info
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Konocti Mine Bell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Konocti Mine Bell
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE IN JULY 1945. AN OLD MILL INDICATED THAT SOME QUICKSILVER MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED LONG AGO.
Comment (Workings): HUNDREDS OF FEET OF BULLDOZER CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TONS OF WHITE KAOLINIZED ROCK THAT WAS FREE OF GRIT HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM THIS PROPERTY AS CHINA-CLAY. REPORTEDLY BEING REOPENED BY ED TURNER IN SUMMER 1965 - CMJ SEPT. 1965 P. 25
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 43, NO. 1, JAN. 1947, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): DOM MAP SHEET 9, GEOL. OF KELSEYVILLE
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