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Midas

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045521
MRDS ID M233287
Record type Site
Current site name Midas
Alternate or previous names Coleman Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.63066, 41.13101 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 047E 35,36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.63066, 41.13101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Permeable Horizon

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR OCCURRS IN A 'BLANKET TYPE' OPALITE BED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, DRIFT, INCLINE AND SEVERAL PITS & TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPALITE ZONE CONTAINS CINNABAR
Deposit LISTED UNDER THE COLEMAN GROUP IN BAILEY AND PHOENIX'S PAPER. THE PROPERTY ADJOINS THE GOVERNOR GROUP TO THE NORTHEAST. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND DRIFT, AN INCLINE, AND SEVERAL PIB AND TRENCHES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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