Mine detail: Manhattan Gulch Placers

Previously called 'Manhattan Gold Dredging Co. OperationsGold PanCooperEdnaBookkeeperArchibaldCycloneWest End Nos. 2 and 3IndiaArlingtonIndependence Nos. 2 and 4African-Sunrise-Cornucopia FractionBright AugustChinaJapanSeptemberGold BenchCentralArlington No. 4PedroTake-A-ChanceHappy DayJumbo Nos. 1 and 2MidnightNellie Gray PatWednesday FractionBull DogManhattan Placer DepositsDexter No. 14 PatCopenhagen SurRainbowSearchlightAuctionBostonTuesdaySeptember FractionBed Rock SurErwinRobustMorning StarJanuary SurLast ChanceFollemGeorggy Nos. 1 and 2NemoFairviewAmboyArlington No. 3Black Cat'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53882, -117.15286

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Gravel
Orebody form:	blanket, stratiform
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1906-1975?
First production started:	1906
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

Host type:

Gravel

References

MRDS	M233583
DEP	10310369
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS Bull. 1356, p. 62-64}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 128-131 (KRAL).}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.}{Deposit:: Ferguson, H.G., 1924, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Manhattan District, Nevada: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 117-133 and plate 18.}{Deposit:: AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., La Pointe, D. D., Schmauch, Steven W., LaPointe, D. D.