Ida May Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103587
MRDS ID M032079
Record type Site
Current site name Ida May Mine
Alternate or previous names E and F Mine, Bay State Mining and Leasing Property, Bertha, Little Ford, Horn Silver Claims.
Related records 10295260

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60834, 38.09829 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 15 MILES NW OF PIOCHE, 2 MILES W OF HWY 93

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03N 66E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS UNSURVEYED. ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF THE RIDGE ABOUT 1 MILE WSW OF THE BLACK METALS MINE

Commodities

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60834, 38.09829

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES OF OXIDIZED ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner A. C. Ellis (Estate-; Bay State Mining And Leasing Co.
    First year 1922
    Last year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1908 ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION AVAILABLE, WITH GROSS VALUE OF $21,300.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF ADITS INTERSECT FISSURES; SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATED AS THE E AND F MINE IN EARLY 1900'S, SHUT DOWN IN 1907, OPERATED 1918-1921, IDLE IN 1924.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 30.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., 1922, THE MINES HAND BOOK, VOL XV, P. 1141, P. 1189-1190.

  • Production

    COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943; TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THE BRISTOL MINE, BUT SMALLER. SEVERAL ORE-BEARING NW AND E-W FISSURES INTERSECTED BY N-S FAULTS WHICH TRAVERSE THIS FORMATION. COPPER OXIDES AND COPPER CARBONATES FILL FISSURES TOGETHER WITH LIMITED REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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