USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Lake County
Sulphur Bank Mine
Unconfirmed Sulfur Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Lake
- Mining district
- Clear Lake
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Sulfur
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Clear Lake-Sulphur BankSulphur Bank
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A S occurrence on Owens Lake, near Olancha.
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_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
- Bradley Mining Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Opal
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sulfur
- Cinnabar
- Native Sulphur
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 219638
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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