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Manzanita

Producer in Colusa county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040763
MRDS ID M055632
Record type Site
Current site name Manzanita
Alternate or previous names Cherry Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.43413, 39.03238 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 1 MI W OF WILBUR SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilbur Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 005W 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Zone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.43413, 39.03238
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faulting And Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN 1908 CINNABAR NOTED BEING DEPOSITED BY THERMAL WATERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Production years 1902 - 1909, 1911, 1917, 1929 - 1934

Mining district

District name Wilbur Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. A. A. Gibson

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 2259g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST OPERATED AS A GOLD MINE WITH CINNABAR AS A BYPRODUCT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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