| Deposit ID | 10174031 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320230383 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mustang Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Midas Group |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.08232, 38.54103 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2097 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Big Smoky Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008 N | 044 E | 19 | SENWNE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -117.08232, 38.54103 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Manhattan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320230383 |
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 121-122 (KRAL).
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 723, 1924, P. 157.
(FERGUSON, H.G.)
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.
AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MUSTANG CLAIM INCLUDE THE WAR EAGLE CYANIDE MILL. THE WAR EAGLE STAMP MILL RESIDES AT THE LOCAL MUSEUM IN TONOPAH, NV (1992). LOCATED AS MUSTANG MINE IN 1905; RELOCATED AS MIDAS GROUP IN 1922. MUSTANG SHAFT DRIFTS CONNECT WITH THE WORKINGS ON THE THANKSGIVING CLAIM. OPERATED BY THE RELIANCE MINING CO. IN 1937. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 23-FEB-95 | Schmauch, Steven W. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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