Mine detail: Manzanita

Previously called 'Cherry Hill'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.03238, -122.43413

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Cinnabar, Gold
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1902 - 1909, 1911, 1917, 1929 - 1934

Geology

Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure:	Local Faulting And Fracturing
Alteration processes:	Silicified Zone

References

MRDS	M055632
DEP	10040763
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486}{Deposit:: FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CAL. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.