The Midland Mine is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,089 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: 6,089 Feet (1,856 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.07611, -113.83417
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Midland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midland Mine
Secondary: Copper Queen
Secondary: Midnight Adit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Owner Name: Floyd Meyers
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: East-West, Steeply Dipping Faults Cut Vein And Displace It For Distances As Great As 5 Ft.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE IN MIDNIGHT MINE ASSAYED TRACE OF GOLD, 2.8 02/TON AG, 0.5 PERCENT CU AND 1.0 PERCENT LEAD.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1916, 1918, 1919, WHICHAVERAGED 17.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.56 PERCENT CU AND 15.35 PERCENT PB.
Comment (Location): NE SE OF NE
Comment (Workings): MIDNIGHT MINE HAS 660 FT OF DRIFTS, INCLINES AND CROSSCUTS, OTHER ADITS ARE 200 FT, 175 FT, 80 FT. 75 FT., 5 FT AND 3 FT. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: THOMSON, 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DEEP CREEKS: UGMS BULL. 9, P. 24-25
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177
Reference (Deposit): THOMSON, K.C., 1973, MINERAL DEPOSITS TO THE DEEP CREEK MOUNTAINS TOOELE AND JUAB CO: UGMS BULL 99
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 99.
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PP. 177, P. 148
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
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