Mine detail: Abbott

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.02266, -122.44663

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Marcasite, Opal, Sulfur
Orebody form: TABULAR, PIPES, PODS
Discovery year: 1862

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1870-1879, 1889-1906, 1916-1919, 1927, 1937-1946
First production started: 1870

Geology

Host rock:Franciscan Complex
Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Contacts, Faults, Fault Intersections , Brecciation Of Serpentine
Alteration processes:Opalization Of Serpentine , Chloritization

References

MRDSM055629
DEP10106913
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: FORSTNER, W., 1908 THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558}{Deposit:: 7) WIEBELT, F.J., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE ABBOTT MINE, LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: USBM RI 4558}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL USBM FAVORABLE}{Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL DMEA}{Deposit:: 1960 DIREXPL OME}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.