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May Day Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020084
MRDS ID DC12527
Record type Site
Current site name May Day Mine
Related records 10055157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1019, 39.95078 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF GODIVA MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 002W 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • E. OF EUREKA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1019, 39.95078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine Is On The West Limb Of The Tintic Syncline. Grand Central Fault (N 20 - 45 E, 70 Nw). Mammoth - May Day Fault (N 30 E, Steep Nw)

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tintic District

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL VALUE OF ORE FROM 1901 - 16 IS $2,230,102 .

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO UNCLE SAM TUNNELS, AN UNCLE SAM SHAFT, THE MAY DAY TUNNEL AND MAY DAY SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G. F., 1919 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF TINTIC MINING DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 223 - 229

  • Deposit

    HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZN DEP OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 73

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-12-1965

  • Production

    USGS PROF PAPER 107 , P. 223

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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