Midas Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080766
MRDS ID W032120
Record type Site
Current site name Midas Mine
Related records 10132968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.72628, 42.51161 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY, WY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miners Delight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sweetwater(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management WY)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 100W 01 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.72628, 42.51161

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Atlantic City - South Pass District: Sweetwater District

Comments on the production information

  • $48,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P. 12.

  • Production

    GSW BULL 50, P. 86: GSW RI 23, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references