Manhattan Mine

The Manhattan Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Manhattan Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1394
Secondary: 1395

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highlanddistrictdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Amalgamated Pioche Mines And Smelter Corp.
Years: 1932 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: ELLIPTICAL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faulting Parallel To Contact

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Argillization, Bleaching, Argillization, Bleaching

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1394 AND 1395 CONTAIN, RESPECTIVELY, 2 AND GREATER THAN 20 % FE, 500 AND 3000 PPM MN, 5 AND 20 PPM AG, 1000 AND PM BA, 7 AND 200 PPM CU, 100 AND 70 PPM MO, 150 AND 1000PPM B, 500 AND 1000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL CAVED SHAFTS, ADITS, SURFACE CUTS, TRENCHES, AND NUMEROUS ROADS NOT SHOWN ON MAP. SEVERAL DIFFERENT EPISODES OF DRILLING AND EXPLORATION ARE REPRESENTED, WITH MOST OF THE OLDER WORKINGS OBLITERATED BY MORE RECENT EXPLORATION ACTIVITY.

Comment (Geology): ORE BODY IS AN IRON ORE, ELLEPTICAL IN SHAPE WITH AXES 2700 & 3900 FEET. THICK GOSSANS HAVE FORMED FROM THE OXIDATION OF PYRITIC GARNET ROCK, WHICH IS ANDRADITE, OCCURING AS LARGE MASSES AND THICK IRREGULAR VEIN LIKE BODIES IN A MARBLE. MANHATTAN FISSURE 3-5 FEET WIDE IN THE ADIT

Comment (Location): ON SUMMIT OF THE HIGHLAND RANGE

Comment (Development): SEVERAL STAGES OF ACTIVITY AND EXPLORATION FROM 1860 TO PRESENT. A 1903 PRESS CLIPPING STATES THAT AN 8-FT LEDGE WAS OPENED ON THE 130-FT LEVEL, YIELDING ORE RUNNING 120 OZ/T AG AND 3-8 DOLLARS/ AU.

Comment (Deposit): SKARN HAS RESULTED FROM INTRUSION OF QUARTZ MONZONITE, BLEACHED AND ARGILLICALLY ALTERED ON EXPOSED SURFACES. MUCH OF THE INTRUSIVE WAS LATER SHATTERED AND RECEMENTED WITH ANHEDRAL MILKY-GREY QUARTZ, PROBABLY DURING EMPLACEMENT OF QUARTZ VEINS. THE SKARN HAS BEEN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO AN FE-MN GOSSAN FROM POORLY FORMED ANDRADITE AND PYRITE CRYSTALS. THE GOSSAN BODY IS CUT BY MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS WHICH ARE PROMINENT ON THE SURFACE AND TRACEABLE FOR HUNDREDS OF FEET. THE VEINS ARE GENERALLY VERTICAL WITH EASTERLY TREND COMPOSED OF RANDOMLY ORIENTED QUARTZ STRINGERS. OTHER QUARTZ VEINS STRIKE N60E AND DIP STEEPLY SE. SOME VEINS ARE UP TO 5 FT THICK AND ARE INTERSPERSED WITH HEMATITE-STAINED JASPER. VEINS ARE COMPOSED OF MASSIVE TO SUBHEDRAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS. MALACHITE-STAINED QUARTZ IN FLOAT. COCKSCOMB QUARTZ LINES CAVITIES. THE VEINS CARRY CRYSTALS AND MASSIVE CLOTS OF OXIDIZED PYRITE WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY MAGNETIC,(INTERGROWN PYRRMOTITE ?, MAGNETITE?) AND MOLYBDENITE/GALENA.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS ARE SHATTERED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BRECCIATION. THE SKARN ZONE HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF SERICITE INTERGROWN WITH THE OXIDIZED ANDRADITE GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF A SCHIST. LOCALLY, FAULTING PARALLELS CONTACT BETWEEN INTRUSIVE AND QUARTZ VEINS. LIMONITIC "JASPER" WAS NOTED IN FLOAT. THE QUARTZ VEINLETS HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF OPEN SPACE, SUGGESTING SHALLOW DEPTH OF EMPLACEMENT. LATE-STAGE BLUISH WHITE SILICA COATS GOSSAN. FEW OUTCROPS ARE EXPOSED, WITH MOST SLOPES COVERED BY PLANT GROWTH AND SOIL.

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G., AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A.,1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/20/83.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.