The Midas Mine is a gold mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,220 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,220 Feet (1,896 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.07056, -113.80694
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Midas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midas Mine
Secondary: Lucky May
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Several Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Wollastonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Location): SE NE OF SW
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF MINE IS VALUED AT $35,000 (1904)
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 40 TON PER DAY CYANIDE MILL OPERATED 1902-1905
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS AND INCLINED SHAFTS, PRINCIPAL WORKING IS ADIT WITH 1100 FT OF DRIFTING
Comment (Geology): BIOTITE, ANDALUSITE, AND TOURMALINE PRESENT AS MICROSCOPIC CRYSTALS
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS, TOOELE AND JUAB COS, UTAH: UT. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 99. PP. 28-9.
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PA. 177, PP. 134-5.
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