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Abbott

Past Producer in Lake county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106913
MRDS ID M055629
MAS/MILS ID 60330153
Record type Site
Current site name Abbott

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -122.44389, 39.02056 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 24 MI W OF WILLIAMS, ON STATE ROUTE 20. Location from deleted record 10138907 (MAS 0060330153). Porportedly, Main entrance within 100 m. NE4 of sec. 32.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilbur Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 005W 30,31,32 (NE4 of Sec. 32) California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalization Of Serpentine , Chloritization

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 4 SAMPLES RAN 0.1-95.3 LB/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -122.44389, 39.02056
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Contacts, Faults, Fault Intersections , Brecciation Of Serpentine

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PIPES, PODS
    Dip 35
    Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing In Brecciated Sandstone, Intersection Of Dikes And Faults, Lithologic Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE ARE 5 MAJOR AND SEVERAL SMALLER ORE BODIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Year of first production 1870
Production years 1870-1879, 1889-1906, 1916-1919, 1927, 1937-1946

Mining district

District name Wilbur Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Abbott Mines, Inc.
    First year 1965

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period To 1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10-20 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 7589g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    MIS V 7 NO 10 [copied from deleted record 10138907]

  • Deposit

    V 10 NO 2, 1957, P 10 [copied from deleted record 10138907]

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL VALLEY REGION, INACTIVE MINE DRAINAGE IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, SATAFF REPORT, 1992, P 71.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES VARY IN SIZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1996-06-04 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines =0060330153 (10138907)
Editor 2010-11-05 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted old MAS 0060330153 = newMRDS 10138907

Beyond USGS

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