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Locality Name:
Manhattan, Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 81.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.5

mindat Locality ID: 3917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manhattan, Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
April Fool Hill
Black Mammoth Hill
Gold Hill
Greenfield Claim
Hoosier Mine
Keystone Mine
Litigation Hill
Lucky Boy Mine (Lucky Boy No. 2 Mine)
Manhattan Consolidated Mine
Manhattan Gulch Placers (Manhattan Gold Dredging Co. Operations; Manhattan Placer Deposits)
Morning Glory Mine
Mustang Hill
Nemo Mine
Oso Mine (Oso Prospect)
Reliance Mine (Copenhagen Claim)
Sunset Prospect
Train Prospect (Tom Molly Mine)
Vashegyite Gem Mine (Vashegyite Gem Manganese; Train Prospect; John L. James Turquoise; Molly Nos. 1-3; Kay Nos. 1 And 2; MH Claim Group 1983)
White Caps Mine

Latitude: 38°32'6"N
Longitude: 117°4'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.535,-117.08055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite	Sulphur	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wardite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi H O V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Lillianite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group
Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite Sulphur Turquoise Vivianite Wardite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Claudetite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Guérinite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Haidingerite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Hypercinnabar ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Lillianite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rösslerite ()*	Sarmientite ()*	Schumacherite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Silver ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Turquoise ()*	Valentinite ()*	Variscite ()*
Vashegyite ()*	Vladimirite ()*	Wakabayashilite ()*	Wardite ()*	Whitecapsite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	81.1	16	1	240308	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	81.1	16	1	240308	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	81.1	16	1	240308	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	81.1	16	4	240296,240300,240305,240308	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	81.1	16	1	240292	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	81.1	15.5	9	240280,240281,240285,240291,240292,240295,240300,240303,240308	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	81.1	16	1	240288	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	81.1	16	1	240308	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	81.1	16	1	240302	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	50	45	2	240296,240308	2600
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	81.1	16	1	240308	35
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	81.1	16	1	240308	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	81.1	16	2	240295,240307	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	81.1	16	10	240276,240277,240290,240291,240292,240293,240295,240300,240301,240308	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	81.1	16	3	240288,240302,240309	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	81.1	15.5	14	240277,240280,240281,240282,240283,240290,240291,240292,240295,240296,240300,240301,240303,240308	30554
Guérinite ()*	None	Ca₅(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·9H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	31
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	81.1	16	1	240309	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	6890
Haidingerite ()*	None	Ca(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	17
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	103
Hypercinnabar ()*	None	HgS	50	45	1	240308	4
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	81.1	16	1	240308	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	81.1	16	1	240308	230
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	81.1	16	1	240309	128
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	81.1	16	1	240301	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	80.7	16	3	240276,240292,240308	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	81.1	16	2	240295,240306	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	81.1	16	4	240280,240294,240295,240308	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	81.1	16	1	240308	57
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	105
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	81.1	16	2	240295,240308	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	81.1	15.5	10	240277,240281,240283,240285,240291,240292,240295,240300,240301,240308	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	81.1	15.5	19	240276,240277,240278,240281,240282,240283,240284,240285,240288,240290,240292,240293,240295,240300,240301,240302,240306,240308,240309	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	81.1	16	3	240280,240295,240308	712
Rösslerite ()*	None	Mg(AsO₃OH)·7H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	16
Sarmientite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	8
Schumacherite ()*	None	Bi₃O(VO₄)₂(OH)	50	15.5	0		12
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	81.1	16	3	240276,240277,240293	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	81.1	16	1	240308	179
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	81.1	16	3	240290,240292,240308	5186
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	81.1	16	1	240308	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	81.1	16	3	240295,240305,240308	3418
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	81.1	16	3	240299,240306,240307	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	81.1	16	1	240308	2045
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	81.1	16	1	240306	484
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	81.1	16	2	240305,240308	369
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	81.1	16	3	240295,240306,240307	301
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O	81.1	16	2	240295,240306	28
Vladimirite ()*	None	Ca₄(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)·4H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	15
Wakabayashilite ()*	None	(As,Sb)₆As₄S₁₄	81.1	16	2	240280,240308	16
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	81.1	16	1	240307	58
Whitecapsite ()*	Not in a structural group	H₁₆Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₁₄Sb³⁺₆(AsO₄)₁₈O₁₆·120H₂O	81.1	16	1	240308	1

35 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Kristen000222	27	24.8	25.9±1.1	fission track			zircon	DRS-74-266	Yes	Zircon			261556	Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Toquima Range	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000240	23.4	21.4	22.4±1	fission track			zircon	DRS-80-60	Yes	Zircon			261556	Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Toquima Range	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000241	24.6	19.8	22.2±2.4	fission track			apatite	DRS-80-60	Yes				261556	Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Toquima Range	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Hg-00055	50	45		K-Ar, F.T.					Yes		Balkanite	Hg	11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		Shawe et al. (2003); Shawe et al. (1986)
Kristen000189	77.3	71.9	74.6±2.7	K-Ar	metamorphism		muscovite	DRS-68-119	Yes	Muscovite			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000204	25.4	23.8	24.6±0.8	K-Ar			biotite	DRS-75-56	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000206	24	21.2	22.6±1.4	K-Ar	intrusion age		plagioclase	DRS-76-76	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000207	25.6	24	24.8±0.8	K-Ar			biotite	DRS-76-82	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000208	26.4	24.6	25.5±0.9	K-Ar	emplacement of intrusive body		biotite	DRS-76-107	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000209	24.3	22.7	23.5±0.8	K-Ar	emplacement of intrusive body		biotite	DRS-76-109	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000210	76.2	72.8	74.5±1.7	K-Ar	metamorphism		adularia	DRS-77-123	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000211	78.7	75.1	76.9±1.8	K-Ar	metamorphism		muscovite	DRS-77-183A	Yes	Muscovite			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000212	80.7	77.1	78.9±1.8	K-Ar		high	muscovite	DRS-78-20A	Yes	Muscovite			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000213	58.8	51.8	55.3±3.5	K-Ar		high	k-feldspar	DRS-78-20A	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000214	77.6	72.4	75±2.6	K-Ar			biotite	DRS-78-20B	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000215	75.3	71.9	73.6±1.7	K-Ar			adularia	DRS-78-86B	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000216	70.3	67.1	68.7±1.6	K-Ar			k-feldspar	DRS-78-86C	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000217	25	23.4	24.2±0.8	K-Ar	intrusion age		biotite	DRS-78-92	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000218	16.8	16	16.4±0.4	K-Ar			adularia	DRS-78-154A	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000219	64.6	61.6	63.1±1.5	K-Ar			k-feldspar	DRS-78-158B	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000223	26	23.6	24.8±1.2	fission track			zircon	DRS-75-56	Yes	Zircon			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000224	26.2	22.4	24.3±1.9	fission track			apatite	DRS-75-56	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000225	25.9	23.7	24.8±1.1	fission track			zircon	DRS-76-54	Yes	Zircon			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000226	24.7	18.1	21.4±3.3	fission track			apatite	DRS-76-54	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000227	24.1	19.7	21.9±2.2	fission track	intrusion age		apatite	DRS-77-199	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000228	46	41.8	43.9±2.1	fission track	emplacement during metamorphism		zircon	DRS-78-20B	Yes	Zircon			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000229	42.6	38.2	40.4±2.2	fission track	emplacement during metamorphism		zircon	DRS-78-20B	Yes	Zircon			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000230	24	19.6	21.8±2.2	fission track	emplacement during metamorphism		apatite	DRS-78-20B	Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000235	20.4	18.4	19.4±1	fission track	thermal event from intrustion		zircon	DRS-79-86	Yes	Zircon			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen000236	24.5	22.3	23.4±1.1	fission track	thermal event from intrustion		zircon	DRS-79-87	Yes	Zircon			11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen001379	81.1	79.1	80.1±1	Rb-Sr	emplacement of Pipe Spring body during metamorphism		whole rock, biotite		Yes				11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Manhattan District	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Mo-00125	75	16		K-Ar, F.T.		high			Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	11584	Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		Shawe et al. (2003); Shawe et al. (1986)			age of mineralization related to Pipe Sping body south of Manhatten
Hg-00038	50	45		K-Ar, F.T.							Balkanite, Cinnabar, Hypercinnabar	Hg	3917	Manhattan, Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA		Shawe et al. (1986); Shawe et al. (2003)
Kristen001382	16.8	16	16.4±0.4	K-Ar	mineralization age	high	adularia	DRS-78-154A				Au	40218	April Fool Mine, April Fool Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	April Fool Mine	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388
Kristen001381	16.5	15.5	16±0.5	K-Ar	mineralization age	high	adularia	DRS-68-120				Au	213443	Gold Hill, Manhattan, Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	Gold Hill	Shawe et al. (1986)	10.2113/gsecongeo.81.2.388	EG81_388

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060747	White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan District, Toquima Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R060747

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