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Midland Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013204
MRDS ID D009364
Record type Site
Current site name Midland Mine
Alternate or previous names Noah, Golden Ark, S. Beaver Mill Site, Pueblo, Beaver, Lone Star, Mascot, Little Hope, Boston, Fairview
Related records 10289343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9284, 38.34306 (WGS84)
Elevation 2899
Relative position 13.7 MILES S 02 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Hill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 001W 12 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TOP OF HILL 0.25 MILE WEST OF SOUTH BEAVER CREEK AND 0.7 MILE SE OF CONTINENTAL MINE. CLAIM GROUP EXTENDS INTO SEC. 12 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD LISTS AU AND AG; MILS ADDS PB AND ZN BUT THESE ARE UNVERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Leucogranite And Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Dubois Greenstone (Metabasalt, Meta-Andesite);Dubois Greenstone (Quartzite)
    Rock description Dubois Greenstone (Metabasalt, Meta-Andesite);Dubois Greenstone (Quartzite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9284, 38.34306
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gunnison Gold Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Domingo (Vulcan) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AT BASE OF HILL 1400 FT SE OF SHAFT IS TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH DRIVEN GENERALLY WESTWARD

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS WITHIN BLOCK COVERING THE MIDLAND PROPERTY WERE LOCATED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT YEARS: NOAH, GOLDEN ARK, AND S. BEAVER M.S. BY H. KINGSBURY (1895); LONE STAR AND BEAVER (BOTH 1906), MASCOT AND LITTLE HOPE (BOTH 1914), ALL BY W.H. TURNER AND OTHERS; PUEBLO (1910) BY UNITED GOLD MINING ASSOC.; BOSTON AND FAIRVIEW (BOTH 1940) BY FRANZ JEVNE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., STEVEN, T.A., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SPRING HILL CREEK QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-713

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 6907 A, B; 17163; 17165; 18715; 18894; 20538

  • Deposit

    BMC RECORD DATA FILES (FROM ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT LIES AT EAST END OF QUARTZITE LAYER THAT INITIALLY STRIKES EAST-WEST BUT CURVES NW TO APPROACH LOCAL METABASALT FOLIATION TREND OF APPROX. N 40 W. LAYER TERMINATES AT GRANITE DIKE TRENDING APPROX. N 15 E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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