Mine detail: Manhattan Mine

Previously called 'Jumping JackJuneStray DogSkookumManhattan ProjectVirginiaAnnie LauriUnion No. 9Little GreyReilly FractionSt. GeorgeManhattan Gold MineNellie GreyManhattan Consolidated MineBig FourMayflowerIron QueenIron KingGold WedgeIndian Camp ClaimJoker Fraction'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.53713, -117.07842

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Other material: Adularia, Calcite, Electrum, Gold, Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Manganese Ox-Hydrous, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1866

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1980

Geology

References

MAS320230395
DEP10150517
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ReporterBuckingham, David A.