Mine detail: Manhattan District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.54993, -117.03422

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT, NETWORK QTZ VEINS
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

Structure:	NE SETS OF FAULTS; EW SETS; OVERTHRUST AND ORE BODIES TREND NW, ANTLER BELT. THRUST FAULT; E-W FOLDING (PALEO), ANTICLINES OVERTURNED TON. GENTLE N. DIP TO TER BEDS.
Alteration processes:	CONTACT METAMORPHISM

References

MRDS	W002910
DEP	60001665
Reference	{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DIST., NEV.: USGS BULL. 723, 162 P}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 193}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., AND CATHCART, S. H. 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE ROUND MOUNTAIN QUAD, NEV.: USGS GEOL QUAD. MAP, GQ-40}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H., AND GARREY, G H, 1907, NOTES ON MANHATTEN DIST.; USGS BULL. 303 P. 84-92}