Manhattan Gulch Placers

Nye County, Nevada, United States

GoldSilver

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Commodities

PrimaryGold

SecondarySilver

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typeplacer

Model119: Placer Au-PGE

Deposit sizeS

Orebody formblanket, stratiform

Ore controlErosion and deposition. Pay gravel is richest just over bedrock.

Materials

Ore mineralsGold

GangueGravel

Geology

Host rockGravel

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Production years1906-1975?

First production1906

Last production1975

Discovery year1906

Identification

Deposit ID10310369

MRDS IDM233583

Alternate namesManhattan Gold Dredging Co. Operations, Gold Pan, Cooper, Edna, Bookkeeper, Archibald, Cyclone, West End Nos. 2 and 3, India, Arlington, Independence Nos. 2 and 4, African-Sunrise-Cornucopia Fraction, Bright August, China, Japan, September, Gold Bench, Central, Arlington No. 4, Pedro, Take-A-Chance, Happy Day, Jumbo Nos. 1 and 2, Midnight, Nellie Gray Pat, Wednesday Fraction, Bull Dog, Manhattan Placer Deposits, Dexter No. 14 Pat, Copenhagen Sur, Rainbow, Searchlight, Auction, Boston, Tuesday, September Fraction, Bed Rock Sur, Erwin, Robust, Morning Star, January Sur, Last Chance, Follem, Georggy Nos. 1 and 2, Nemo, Fairview, Amboy, Arlington No. 3, Black Cat

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates38.53882, -117.15286

References

USGS Bull. 1356, p. 62-64Long, 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.NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 128-131 (KRAL).U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.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.AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.