Mine detail: Walabu Mine

Previously called 'WalibuCuddebackCudde Back'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.20638, -118.52509

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Clay, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1916-1920, 1929-1931, 1934-1940

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Dikes;Granitic Rocks
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sierra Nevada Batholith
Tectonic:	Cordilleran
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	M055493
DEP	10040641
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Gassaway, J. S.