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

MRDSM055632
DEP10040763
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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.