The King Midas Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,857 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: 6,857 Feet (2,090 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.9597, -117.59720
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King Midas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Midas Mine
Secondary: Bald Mountain Bill
Secondary: Black Diamond
Secondary: Brown Derby
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Central 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MILE NW OF IONE ON SOUTH SLOPE OF BLUGE IN SHOSHONE RANGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OCCURRENCES IN THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA,
Reference (Deposit): ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF
Reference (Deposit): MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93, P. 38.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 197.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1356, 1973, P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL
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.
