The White Elephant is a mine located in Lake county, California.
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Mine Info
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White Elephant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Elephant
Secondary: King of All
Secondary: Trejon
Secondary: Cinnabar Queen
Secondary: Eagle Bird
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
District: Clear Lake
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arthur Copsey And Ed Rush
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY
Comment (Workings): INACTIVE SINCE 1918
References
Reference (Deposit): FORSTNER, W., 1908, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU BULL. 27, P. 46 - 72
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
Reference (Production): HOLMES, 1965
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
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