The Midway Mining Co. Plant is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.40306, -117.66083
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Midway Mining Co. Plant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midway Mining Co. Plant
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Sylvania (Green Mountain) 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN PIGEON SPRING AND LOG SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): CUTS AND TRENCHES IN GRAVEL, LOTS OF NEW CLAIM POSTS, SMALL WASHING PLANT IN WORKING ORDER, FAMILY LIVING ON SITE, BUT NO GRAVEL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TREATED. DOES NOT HAVE APPEARANCE OF A LEGITIMATE OPERATION.
Comment (Deposit): GRAVEL IN STREAM BED
Comment (Workings): CUTS AND TRENCHES, SMALL WASHING PLANT
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 18 AUGUST 1982
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.
