Walabu Mine

The Walabu Mine is a mercury mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,399 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

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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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