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King Midas Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Arsenic
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044966
MRDS ID M232615
Record type Site
Current site name King Midas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18015, 40.88989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 25 MILES SW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaskell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 034E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18015, 40.88989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHITZ QUARTZ VEINS CARRY GOLD, SILVER, AND SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS, SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS.
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS 1/4 MILE SW. OF GOLDEN EAGLE MINE, DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS, AND SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS TOTALLING 500 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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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