The Mirabel is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 1,250 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 1,250 Feet (381 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.7, -122.60111
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Mirabel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mirabel
Secondary: Bradford
Secondary: Great Eastern
Secondary: Mirabel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
District: East Mayacmas
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mirabel Quicksilver Co.
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PIPES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mayacmas Anticline Trending Nw
Type: L
Description: Local Fractures, Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine, Kaolinization Of Sediments
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 4TH LARGEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT, DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE FOR LARGEST ORE BODY. MINE WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATES: 1877 - 1897, 1902 - 1903, 1915, 1928, 1930 - 1945
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Location): Also in sections 14 and 22.
References
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAYACMAS AND SULFUR BANK DISTRICTS, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 922-B, P. 327-353
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, no. 1, P. 15-38.
Pages: p. 31-33.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
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