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Mayflower Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tellurium, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. General comments
  25. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019512
MRDS ID DC10726
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Mine
Alternate or previous names Renova

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00226, 45.79351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1548
Relative position 7 MILES SE OF WHITEHALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 003W 32 NW OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Brecciation, Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Volcanic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.00226, 45.79351
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Faults, A Nw Fault With Ne Dip Displaces The Ore Body 300 Ft. To East. (Winchell, 1914)

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEYS, PIPES
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 85 SE
    Length 18.29M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Limestone Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • TANSLEY (1933) CALLS LIMESTONE CAMBRIAN, BUT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION SUGGEST MADISON FM. WINCHELL (1914) DESCRIBES ANDESITE INTRUSIVE 1000 FT. SOUTHEAST OF THE MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Renova) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg, Butte, Mt.
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1901
    Period 1896-1901
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7.3 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 206g/mt
  • Year 1958
    Period 1896-1958
    Material ore
    Ore mined 130519mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor AG Silver Silver 27505959.07g
    Major AU Gold Gold 7002140.05g

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATE ASSUMES AU PRODUCTION AT $20.67/OZ. MINE WAS LARGEST MONTANA AU PRODUCER IN 1938 AND 1939.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1998
    Total resources 7467000mt ore

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 298.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 925 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK ON MAJOR (SOUTH) ORE SHOOT FROM A 700 FT. TUNNEL. THE 5 FT. WIDE, NORTH ORE-SHOOT WAS ALSO DEVELOPED FROM THIS TUNNEL. A LARGE AREA OF STOPES EXTENDS ABOVE AND BELOW THE 300-FT. WATER TABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 97-101.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 31-32.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, P. 71-72.

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P.74. BYRNE, J., 1901, TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT-INSPECTOR OF MINES, STATE OF MONTANA, 1900, P.21.

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 57

  • Production

    MBMG MEM. 9, MBMG MEM 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES LIE ON NW SIDE OF STRONG FAULT.ENRICHED OXIDIZED ORE WAS MINED DOWN TO THE 300 FT. LEVEL. SULPHIDE AND TELLURIDE ORES CONTINUED FROM 300 FT. TO ALMOST 800 FT.
Deposit Merged dat from Deposit Id's: 10196911 (Mayflower)

10101989 (West Mayflower Mine)

10070493 (Mayflower Mine)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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