The Abbott is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,100 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: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.02056, -122.44389
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Abbott MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Abbott
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
District: Wilbur Springs
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Abbott Mines, Inc.
Years: 1965 -
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-20 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Contacts, Faults, Fault Intersections , Brecciation Of Serpentine
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalization Of Serpentine , Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF 4 SAMPLES RAN 0.1-95.3 LB/TON
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES VARY IN SIZE
Comment (Geology): THERE ARE 5 MAJOR AND SEVERAL SMALLER ORE BODIES
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL VALLEY REGION, INACTIVE MINE DRAINAGE IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, SATAFF REPORT, 1992, P 71.
Reference (Deposit): V 10 NO 2, 1957, P 10 [copied from deleted record 10138907]
Reference (Deposit): MIS V 7 NO 10 [copied from deleted record 10138907]
Reference (Deposit): 1960 DIREXPL OME
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): 1951 DIREXPL DMEA
Reference (Deposit): 1948 DIREXPL USBM FAVORABLE
Reference (Deposit): WIEBELT, F.J., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE ABBOTT MINE, LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: USBM RI 4558
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, P. 15-38
Pages: p. 25.
Reference (Deposit): FORSTNER, W., 1908 THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. 27, 270 P.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
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