The Midnight is a tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.1136, -118.19750
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Midnight MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midnight
Secondary: Slate Mine
Secondary: Midnight Mine
Secondary: Bell Flat
Secondary: Midday
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): FOR THE U.S. NAVY, FIB. 4-1, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): LAND WITHDRAWAL AT NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, CHURCHILL
Reference (Deposit): EVALUATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PROPOSED MASTER
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON. R.J., AND BOLENEUS, D.E., 1991, MINERAL RESOURCE
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 33.
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.
