Manhattan District

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001665
MRDS ID W002910
Record type District
Current site name Manhattan District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03422, 38.54993 (WGS84)

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)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) CONTACT METAMORPHISM

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03422, 38.54993

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description NE SETS OF FAULTS; EW SETS; OVERTHRUST AND ORE BODIES TREND NW
Type of structure Regional
Structure description ANTLER BELT. THRUST FAULT; E-W FOLDING (PALEO), ANTICLINES OVERTURNED TON. GENTLE N. DIP TO TER BEDS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer John C. Humphry
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name MANHATTAN DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner SUMMA CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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