Midas Mine

The Midas Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,234 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

Name: Midas Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,234 Feet (1,900 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 41.2403, -116.79140

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Midas Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Midas Mine
Secondary: Midas Project 0320071138


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe District


Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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: Unknown


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Names): MAY BE PART OF THE NEW MIDAS EXPLORATION PROJECT RUN BY ROMARCO NEVADA INC.: SEE MAS SEQ 0320071138; MADIS PROJECT. PROPERTY IS POSSIBLY SURROUNDED BY THE KEN SNYDER MINE/ REX-GRANDE/MADIS EXPLORATION PROJECT RUN BY FRANCO-NEVADA & EURO-NEVADA: MAS SEQ# 0320070203; KEN SNYDER MINE:


References

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BUL. 54, 1957.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BUL. 12, 1931.

Reference (Deposit): USGA BUL. 408, 1910.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.