USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Lake County
Mirabel Mine
Unconfirmed Mercury Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Lake
- Mining district
- East Mayacmas
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Great Eastern, Bradford, Mirabel
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Hg mine located in sec. 23, T10N, R7W, MDM, 5.9 km (3.7 miles) SSE of Middletown and Mount St. Helena (not Mt Saint Helens). Started 1870. The Mirabel mine occurs in the valley of St. Helena Creek, situated nearly two-and-one-half miles so…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: 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
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcedony
- Dolomite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Cinnabar
- Mercury
- Metacinnabar
- Cinnabar
View all 13 reported minerals
- Chalcedony
- Dolomite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Cinnabar
- Mercury
- Metacinnabar
- Cinnabar
- Dolomite
- Idrialite
- Metacinnabar
- Native Mercury
- Serpentine Subgroup
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: 27896
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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