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Weiper Mine

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030638
MRDS ID M008902
Record type Site
Current site name Weiper Mine
Related records 10188420

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -122.54834, 38.88812 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lower Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 012N 006W 16,17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -122.54834, 38.88812
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HGS IN 12' ZONE IN ONE TUNNEL; NONE IN OTHER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CLAIMS; 2 SHORT TUNNELS ABOUT 1930. BRADLEY INVESTIGATED IN 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 166, P. 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.