Mine detail: Walabu Mine

Previously called 'WalibuCuddebackCudde Back'

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Location: Kern County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.20638, -118.52509
dep_id: 10040641
mrds_id: M055493
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Clay, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Argillic
ore_ctrl: Rhyolite Dikes, Cross Fissures In The Dikes
Reporter: Gassaway, J. S.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Rhyolite Dikes;Granitic Rocks
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Sierra Nevada Batholith
tectonic: Cordilleran
disc_yr: 1916
prod_yrs: 1916-1920, 1929-1931, 1934-1940
discr: J. E. Hicks
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: TROXEL, B. W. AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 1.
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
  • Deposit:: MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1959-1973, USBM
  • Deposit:: 1954 DIREXPL DMEA NO ORE BODIES FOUN
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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