USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Del Norte County
Webb Mine
Unconfirmed Mercury Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Del Norte
- Mining district
- Patrick Creek District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Mercury
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Wilmot, Schultz, Simbro, Patrick Creek, Schults Bros., High Dome, Croesus Bulch
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Hg mine located in the SE¼ sec. 20, T18N, R3E, HM, 1.1 km (3,600 feet) S of High Dome (coordinates of record), several miles S of Diamond Creek, 7.6 km (4.7 miles) NNW of Lawyers Bar, S side of High Dome. Mineralization is a Hg deposit (Dep…
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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
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
- S And K Mining, L. J. Whippo · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Clay
- Pyrite
- Cinnabar
- Mercury
- Metacinnabar
- Cinnabar
- Kaolinite
- Metacinnabar
View all 11 reported minerals
- Clay
- Pyrite
- Cinnabar
- Mercury
- Metacinnabar
- Cinnabar
- Kaolinite
- Metacinnabar
- Native Mercury
- Pyrite
- Serpentine Subgroup
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: 74789
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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