The Manhattan Consolidated Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,441 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,441 Feet (2,268 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.53139, -117.05528
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Manhattan Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Manhattan Consolidated Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Burdick-Wittenberg Estate
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Mud Fault, Striking N 30 E, Dipping, 70 S Cuts The Mine.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Realgar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH FIVE LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 151-153.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Production): KRAL, P. 125; FERGUSON, P. 151 NBMG MI-1993
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.
