Abbott

The Abbott is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,100 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: 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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