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Mayflower Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10037589
MRDS ID M035580
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08594, 38.50686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position APPROX. 5.5 MI. EAST OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Ore Minerals

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, IRREGULAR SHOOTS
    Length 121.92M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicate Zone 75 To 100 Ft. Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the production information

  • MAIN ORE BODY WAS SAMPLED IN 1915 AND AVERAGED 5.5 PERCENT COPPER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1961 , HARRY HUGHES, E. M., VISTED PROPERTIES AND ESTIMATED 95,000 TONS OF DUMP ORE AND 250,000 TONS OF 2.5 PERCENT CU ORE IN PLACE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPALLY GLORY HOLE METHOD BUT ALSO DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, CLIFTON, W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CAL. PRESS, VOL. 14 , NO. 1

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL. 594

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H. H., 1961 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON HOULAHAN AND MAYFLOWER MINES, UNPUBLISHED, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJACENT PROPERTY (AS MENTIONED BY HUGHES) IS THE HOULAHAN GROUP WHICH INCLUDES THE WILLIE AND NORAH HIGGINS, SADDLE, GOODENOUGH, COPPER BUTTE, HECLA, COPPER BAR, ANNEX 1 THRU 4 , FOOTWALL COMPRISING AN ESTIMATED 200 + ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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