Manzanita

The Manzanita is a mercury mine located in Nevada county, California.

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

Name: Manzanita  

State:  California

County:  Nevada

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 39.29655, -120.75946

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Manzanita MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Manzanita


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: California
County: Nevada


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, W.P., 1886, NOTE ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND GEOLOGY OF THE PRECIOUS METALS AND VALUABLE MINERALS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: CALIF. SEN. AND ASSEMBLY JOUR., V. 3, P. 314.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1896, DESCRIPTION OF THE NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SPECIAL SHEET: USGS ATLAS, NEVADA CITY SPECIAL FOLIO (NO. 29), 7 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MURDOCK, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R. W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA... CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866-1966): CDMG BULL. 189


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