| Deposit ID | 10044292 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231688 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Manhattan Consolidated Mine |
| Related records | 10310361 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.0562, 38.53132 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2268 |
| Relative position | 1 MILE SE OF MANHATTAN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008N | 044E | 21 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | White Caps Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | White Caps Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.0562, 38.53132 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Mud Fault, Striking N 30 E, Dipping, 70 S Cuts The Mine. |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Manhattan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Burdick-Wittenberg Estate |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231688 |
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125
FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 151-153.
NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
KRAL, P. 125; FERGUSON, P. 151 NBMG MI-1993
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD IN SOLUTION CHANNELS FORMS RARE SPECKS OF WIRE IN A MUDDY MATRIX OF IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES (WESTERN PART).THERE IS ALSO SOME REPLACEMENT ALONG BEDDING, THINNING OUT AWAY FROM FISSURES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1982 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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