The Webb Mine is a mercury mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,749 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.93556, -123.85528
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Webb Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Webb Mine
Secondary: Schultz
Secondary: Simbro
Secondary: Patrick Creek
Secondary: Schults Bros.
Secondary: Wilmot
Secondary: High Dome
Secondary: Croesus Bulch
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Patrick Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George Webb
Years: 1965 -
Owner Name: S And K Mining, L. J. Whippo
Years: 1962 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Silica-carbonate Hg
Orebody
Form: IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN VUGS AND SEAMS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica-Carbonate Alteration
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FURNACE GRADES REPORTED AS 10-20 LB/TON HG
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED LESS THAN 100 FL IN 1961, 1962
Comment (Development): 25 TON LACEY ROTARY FURNACE (1946)
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES, CUTS, ADITS
Comment (Geology): ROCKS OF AREA ARE GENERALLY PERIDOTITE CUT BY FELSIC TO BASALTIC DIKES. PERIDOTITE IS SERPENTINIZED. ORES ARE LIMITED TO SHEARED CONTACT WITH SERPENTINE AND OCCUR MAINLY AT FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS.
Comment (Deposit): ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION INDICATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 170, 198.
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MNES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 281-282.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1959-1973, MINERALS YEARBOOKS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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