Manhattan Gulch

Manhattan Gulch is a surface gold mine in Nye County, Nevada, near Tonopah. MSHA lists its status as intermittent since Sep 12, 2024 and records 1 employees. It is one of 57 gold mines in Nevada that are not marked abandoned, and one of 5 in Nye County; by employees it ranks 54 of 54 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Intermittent since Sep 12, 2024
Type
Surface
County
Nye County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
Nearest town
Tonopah
Employees reported
1
Operator
Manhattan Gulch, LLC
Coordinates
38.5389, -117.0747
MSHA mine ID
2602658

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
Dexter No. 14
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Silver
Deposit type
Placer Au-PGE
Workings
Surface/Underground
Output size
small (USGS class)

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10045756 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.

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