The Midnight Claim Group is a mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,079 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,079 Feet (1,548 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.98333, -111.75750
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Midnight Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midnight Claim Group
Secondary: Wasatch Mining and Milling Co. Workings
Secondary: Neegley Shaft
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Santaquin District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Yellow Rock Canyon Fault To South Of Workings
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ADITS WERE ORIGINALLY OPENED BY WASATCH MINING AND MILLING CO.; THE SHAFT WAS KNOWN AS THE NEGGLEY SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS ARE IN OPHIR FM., TEUTONIC LS., DAGMAR LS. AND HERKIMER LS.
Comment (Workings): FIVE ADITS AND ONE SHAFT; SHAFTS IS APPROXIMATELY 40 FT. DEEP, ADITS TOTAL 1800 FT. WITH LOWEST ADIT BEING BY FAR THE LARGEST
References
Reference (Deposit): DEMARS, L.C., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF DRY MTN., SOUTHERN WASATCH MTN., UT.: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH STUDIES, VOL. 3, N.. 2.
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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