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Midas Project

Prospect in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149494
MAS/MILS ID 0320071138
Record type Site
Current site name Midas Project
Alternate or previous names Midas Mine 0320070047, Elko Prince Mine 0320070900

Comments on the site names

  • PROPERTY INCLUDES THE HISTORIC PAST PRODUCING MIDAS MINE; MAS SEQ #0320070047 IN THE MIDAS MINING DISTRICT; & POSSIBLY THE ELKO PRINCE MINE ALSO A PAST PRODUCER. THE MIDAS MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF MIDAS, NEVADA & IS ADJACENT TO THE ELKO PRINCE, ALSO A PAST PRODUCER, MAS SEQ# 0320070900. (THE ELKO PRINCE MINE WAS NOT MARKED ON USGS MIDAS 7.5 MIN TOPO SHEET. THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY THE KEN SNYDER MINE PROPERTY OWNED/OPERATED BY FRANCO-NEVADA & EURO-NEVADA MINING CORPS. LDT., MAS SEQ #0320070203

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -116.79315, 41.2416 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039 N 046 E 21 WNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -116.79315, 41.2416
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Midas

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Romarco Nevada Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, V82, #28, 9/9/96, PP 1B, 2B, "ROMARCO

  • Deposit

    PICKS UP MORE GOLD AT MIDAS PROPERTY IN NEVADA".

  • Deposit

    NEWSMINE, "RAMARCO ANNOUNCES FURTHER FRILL RESULTS ON ITS

  • Deposit

    MIDAS PROPERTY, 1/21/97, 3PP.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, V83?, #?, JAN. 27, 1997, P1. "RAMARCO

  • Deposit

    HITS HIGH-GRADE GOLD".

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, DEC. 2, 1996, PB6.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P258.

  • Deposit

    ROMARCO MINERALS, INC. NEWS RELEASE, JAN 21, 1997.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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