Mine detail: Little Bonanza Mine

Previously called 'Alice ClaimModoc ClaimJosephine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.58856, -120.91738

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Discovery year: 1862

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSM055763
MAS60790085
DEP10117038
Reference{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL}{Deposit:: COAST REGION. SURFACE WATER DEGRADATION BY INACTIVE}{Deposit:: METAL MINES IN NORTHWEST SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA,}{Deposit:: DECEMBER 1993 (P. 8-10).}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 35, 1939, P. 438.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-R, 1941, P. 548-549, 564-565.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 197.}
ReporterRidenour, James