| Deposit ID | 10098474 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057019 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midland Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Queen, Midnight Adit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.83501, 40.07604 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1856 |
| Relative position | 7800 FEET SOUTH 57 WEST OF MONTEZUMA PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 009S | 018W | 02 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE IN MIDNIGHT MINE ASSAYED TRACE OF GOLD, 2.8 02/TON AG, 0.5 PERCENT CU AND 1.0 PERCENT LEAD. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -113.83501, 40.07604 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | East-West, Steeply Dipping Faults Cut Vein And Displace It For Distances As Great As 5 Ft. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N23E |
| Dip | 32W |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 188.98M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Floyd Meyers |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 335.28M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057019 |
SRC.REF: THOMSON, 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEKS: UGMS BULL. 9, P. 24-25
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS TO THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS TOOELE AND JUAB CO: UGMS BULL 99
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177
1973 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 99.
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177, P. 148
DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1993 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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