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Midnight Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246432
MRDS ID D001274
MAS/MILS ID 0320010006
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Mine
Alternate or previous names Midnight, Slate Mine, Bell Flat, Midday
Related records 10008833

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.19846, 39.11351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 034 E 06 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.19846, 39.11351
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON. R.J., AND BOLENEUS, D.E., 1991, MINERAL RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    EVALUATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PROPOSED MASTER

  • Deposit

    LAND WITHDRAWAL AT NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, CHURCHILL

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

  • Deposit

    FOR THE U.S. NAVY, FIB. 4-1, P. 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-APR-94 Thompson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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