The Walabu Mine is a mercury mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 35.20639, -118.52417
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Walabu Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walabu Mine
Secondary: Cuddeback
Secondary: Walibu
Secondary: Cudde Back
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Tehachapi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Walibu Mining Co.
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Sierra Quicksilver Co.
Years: 1962 -
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7-10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 7 - 10 LB ORE. 40 LB HG PER FOOT OF WORKINGS
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): LARGELY INACCESSIBLE. FLOODED BEFORE 1943. { DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR STEEP IRREGULAR BODIES.
Comment (Location): NE/4 SEC. 27
Comment (Production): 40 LB/FT OF WORKINGS. PRODUCED BETWEEN 100-500 FL IN 1966
Comment (Development): MAY BE OTHER SMALL HIGH GRADE BODIES. { NUMBER 2 SHAFT AT 108 FT. LEVEL MAY STILL CONTAIN 7 - 8 LB ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W. AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 1.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1959-1973, USBM
Reference (Deposit): 1954 DIREXPL DMEA NO ORE BODIES FOUN
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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