Manhattan Consolidated Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044292
MRDS ID M231688
Record type Site
Current site name Manhattan Consolidated Mine
Related records 10310361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0562, 38.53132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF MANHATTAN

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Gold Ore
Realgar Ore
Silver Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name White Caps Limestone
    Rock description White Caps Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0562, 38.53132

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mud Fault, Striking N 30 E, Dipping, 70 S Cuts The Mine.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Located On The Mud Fault. Ore Controlled By A Small N-Striking Fault In The East Part Of The Mine, And By Small Fault Fissures In The West Part Of The Mine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burdick-Wittenberg Estate

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH FIVE LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 151-153.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Production

    KRAL, P. 125; FERGUSON, P. 151 NBMG MI-1993

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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