Midas Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Sulfur
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132968
MRDS ID W032120
MAS/MILS ID 0560131080
Record type Site
Current site name Midas Mine
Related records 10080766

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.73202, 42.50974 (WGS84)
Elevation 2531
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 029 N 100 W 01 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Sulfur Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.73202, 42.50974

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATED ONE MILE NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY

  • Deposit

    GOLD AND ARSENPYRITE ALONG FRACTURES IN QUARTZ

  • Deposit

    WYO GEOL SURV BULL 50 1966 P7,86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 South Dakota School of Mines U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references