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Mayflower

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044841
MRDS ID M232455
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86122, 40.96546 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Izzenhood Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 045E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Sanidine Gangue
Tridymite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Tin-Bearing Belt Is Marked By Red-Staining Or Bleached Silicitied Rhyolite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 157
USGS model code 25h
Deposit model name Rhyolite-hosted Sn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.86122, 40.96546
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Believed That Cassiterite-Bearing Incrustations Were Deposited Along The Walls Of Fumaroliz Vents. Evidence Cited Includes The Discontinuity And Extreme Irregularity In Attitude Of The Individual Fissures, The Abscence Of Brecciation & Faulting, The Similar Mineralogy Of Vesicle Fillings In The Host Rock And The Veinlets, And The Lack Of Other Sulfides.

Comments on the geologic information

  • STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Izenhood

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • TIN DISCOVERED IN 1914. THE DISTRICT WAS WORKED, 1928-1938 AND AGAIN IN 1952 MAPPED AND SAMPLED IN 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO NEV., USBM I.C. 7043

  • Deposit

    FRIES, C. (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO. NEVADA., USGS BULL 931-L

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES, AND FRACTURE COATINGS IN RHYOLITE
Deposit TIN WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1914, WORK WAS DONE IN THE DISTRICT FROM 1928 TO 1938 AND AGAIN IN 1952. EXPLORATION ON THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A 50 FOOT SHAFT. SMALL GRAB SAMPLES TAKEN BY FRIES IN 1941 ACROSS THE NORTH & EAST WALLS OF THE SHAFT SHOWED .01% SN AND .005% SN RESPECTIVELY. SEE FRIES (1941 P. 291) FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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