Midnight Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Calcium, Gold, Magnesite, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259588
MAS/MILS ID 0040150212
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Mine
Alternate or previous names Midnight Group, Leo and Gemni

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.4236, 35.03972 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oatman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019 N 020 W 17 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Secondary
Gold Primary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.4236, 35.03972

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Knight, J. H.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 OATMAN MAP

  • Deposit

    HOUSEHOLDER MAP

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. DEPT MINERAL RES. MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F.L.,USGS BULL 743,P50-51

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL397,P194

  • Deposit

    ADMR MIDNIGHT GROUP MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM&BUTLER,AZBM BULL 137,P96

  • Deposit

    GARDNER,E.D.,IC6901,P39

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL.340,P81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.