The Midday Claims is a tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,129 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: 6,129 Feet (1,868 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.11306, -118.19500
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Midday Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midday Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3870
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ted Monson, Of Las Vegas, And M D F Co.,
Years: 1985 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3870 FROM DUMPS AND OPEN WORKINGS NEAR LOWER ADIT CONTAINS 5% FE, 1% MG, 15% CA, 0.3% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 1000 PPM BA, 30 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 300 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): REPORTED SMALL PRODUCTION; NO ACTIVITY IN 1986
Comment (Deposit): SKARN
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND OPEN PIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74
Reference (Deposit): USDI., BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 18 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
