Mine detail: Manhattan

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.8421, -122.36606

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Pyrite, Stibnite, Sulfur
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1863 - 1877, 1892 - 1905, 1916, 1927, 1932 - 1933, 1936 - 1945

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Basalt
Structure:	Serpentine - Basalt Contact
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Fault Zones And Tuff, Bleaching And Kaolinization Of Basalt

References

MRDS	M055647
DEP	10040777
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: AVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, P. 65 - 87}{Deposit:: FORSTNER, W., 1908, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. V. 27, 207 P.}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) DAVIS, F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 176-183}{Deposit:: 7) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.