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Mayflower Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103968
MRDS ID M231917
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79033, 36.99552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Relative position 6.2 MILES N-NW OF BEATTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 046E 11,12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1910-USUAL GRADE OF ORE WAS $8 TO $12 PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79033, 36.99552
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Along A N50w, 60sw Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 60-65SW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gangue Minerals: Quartz, Calcite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Mayflower Mining Co.
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 530 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L. ET AL, 1910, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 124-125

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 37-38

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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