USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Colusa County
Elgin
Unconfirmed Mercury Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Colusa
- Mining district
- Wilbur Springs
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Hg-S mine located in the SE¼ sec. 13, T14N, R6W, and in sec. 18, T14N, R5W, MDM, 5.1 km (3.1 miles) WNW of Wilbur Springs, along the West Fork Sulphur Creek. Discovered about 1908. Produced in 1908-1909 & 1916. Owned by W. S. Norman. MRDS data…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
- Adit : Wilbur Springs , 1989
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- W. S. Norman · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Opal
- Sulfur
- Cinnabar
- Cinnabar
- Native Sulphur
- Opal
- Opal-C
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 73317
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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