| Deposit ID | 10041929 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M057978 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midas Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lucky May |
| Related records | 10202995 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.80778, 40.07049 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1896 |
| Relative position | 7100 FEET SOUTH 15 EAST 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
Federal(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 009S | 017W | 06 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Wollastonite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -113.80778, 40.07049 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Several Local Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | 40 E |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M057978 |
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PA. 177, PP. 134-5.
THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS, UTAH: UT. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99. PP. 28-9.
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | Bureau of Land Management |
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