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Walabu Mine

Past Producer in Kern 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040641
MRDS ID M055493
Record type Site
Current site name Walabu Mine
Alternate or previous names Cuddeback, Walibu, Cudde Back
Related records 10139644

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52509, 35.20638 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 7 MI NW OF TEHACHAPI; 2 - 1/2 MI SE OF KEENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keene(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031S 032E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SEC. 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result 7 - 10 LB ORE. 40 LB HG PER FOOT OF WORKINGS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Dikes;Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Rhyolite Dikes;Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52509, 35.20638
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Nevada Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rhyolite Dikes, Cross Fissures In The Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer J. E. Hicks
Production years 1916-1920, 1929-1931, 1934-1940

Mining district

District name Tehachapi

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sierra Quicksilver Co.
    First year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walibu Mining Co.
    First year 1959

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7-10 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 3840g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 40 LB/FT OF WORKINGS. PRODUCED BETWEEN 100-500 FL IN 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGELY INACCESSIBLE. FLOODED BEFORE 1943. { DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR STEEP IRREGULAR BODIES.

Comments on development

  • MAY BE OTHER SMALL HIGH GRADE BODIES. { NUMBER 2 SHAFT AT 108 FT. LEVEL MAY STILL CONTAIN 7 - 8 LB ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

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