Midas Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197476
MAS/MILS ID 0320070047
Record type Site
Current site name Midas Mine
Alternate or previous names Midas Project 0320071138

Comments on the site names

  • MAY BE PART OF THE NEW MIDAS EXPLORATION PROJECT RUN BY ROMARCO NEVADA INC.: SEE MAS SEQ 0320071138; MADIS PROJECT. PROPERTY IS POSSIBLY SURROUNDED BY THE KEN SNYDER MINE/ REX-GRANDE/MADIS EXPLORATION PROJECT RUN BY FRANCO-NEVADA & EURO-NEVADA: MAS SEQ# 0320070203; KEN SNYDER MINE:

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.79235, 41.2402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900
Location accuracy 500(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 NESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.79235, 41.2402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGA BUL. 408, 1910.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BUL. 12, 1931.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BUL. 54, 1957.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.