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Midway Mining Co. Plant

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046857
MRDS ID M242075
Record type Site
Current site name Midway Mining Co. Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66175, 37.40301 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE BY ROAD SOUTH OF PIGEON SPRING; 1.5 MILES S. OF NEVADA HIGHWAY 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 039E 21 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN PIGEON SPRING AND LOG SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66175, 37.40301
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND TRENCHES, SMALL WASHING PLANT

Comments on development

  • CUTS AND TRENCHES IN GRAVEL, LOTS OF NEW CLAIM POSTS, SMALL WASHING PLANT IN WORKING ORDER, FAMILY LIVING ON SITE, BUT NO GRAVEL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TREATED. DOES NOT HAVE APPEARANCE OF A LEGITIMATE OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 18 AUGUST 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL IN STREAM BED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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