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Manzanita

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040126
MRDS ID M054791
Record type Site
Current site name Manzanita

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.76049, 39.29644 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.76049, 39.29644
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-75 Gassaway, J.S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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