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Midway, Nevada

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Walker River census division. It lies near Gillis CaƱon. The Survey maps it on the Win Wan Flat quadrangle.

Midway within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Uranium, Mercury, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ball Bearing ProspectManganeseUnknown
Basic Incorporated MagnesiteMagnesitePast Producer
MimsCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed Graphite OccurrenceGraphiteOccurrence1916
Valley View MineAluminumOccurrence
Lost Sheep ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Lost Sheep ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Poinsette MineMercuryPast Producer1914
Poinsettia Mercury DepositMercuryProspect
Butler Iron DepositIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mineral County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bovard (historical)5.7 miles18
Copperfield (historical)9.8 miles18
Buckley Camp (historical)12.4 miles21
Acme (historical)12.8 miles18
Kinkaid13.3 miles18
Woodruffs (historical)14.6 miles18
Luning16.3 miles19
Thorne17.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856081. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.