The Manhattan is a mercury mine located in Napa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.84222, -122.36500
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Manhattan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Manhattan
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Napa
District: Knoxville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. B. Knox
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^32-50 Lb/Ton Hand Cobbed
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Serpentine - Basalt Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Fault Zones And Tuff, Bleaching And Kaolinization Of Basalt
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON ADIT
Comment (Geology): VOLCANICS OVERLAIN BY HOT SPRINGS DEPOSITS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): FORSTNER, W., 1908, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. V. 27, 207 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 6) DAVIS, F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 176-183
Reference (Deposit): 7) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
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