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Mayday Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044952
MRDS ID M232599
Record type Site
Current site name Mayday Mine
Alternate or previous names Davey Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94876, 41.29682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 30 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Awakening Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 036E 32,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROADS WEST OF DAVEYTOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2385 IS FROM THE SOUTHERN PIT AND DUMPS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.94876, 41.29682
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Mod Regional Deformation Of Sediments-Fold Axes Trending

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Some Post-Mineralization Movement

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: COMPLEX VEIN ZONE DISTURBED BY SOME POST-MINERAL FAULTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Awakening District; Slumbering Hills; Amos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilmot, C. H.
    Home office Winnemucca
    First year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY $300000 WORTH OF ORE FROM SHAFT AND THE SOUTHERN PIT PRODUCED ABOUT $75000 WORTH OF GOLD ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAJOR SHAFT AND AN OPEN PIT TO THE SOUTH WHICH INCLUDES AN INCLINE. BEST ORE CAME FROM THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • GLORYHOLE TO THE SOUTH HAS AN INCLINE THAT IS STILL INTACT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CIRCULAR, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. 1938

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F.C., 1938; GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS, NEV; U. OF NEV. BULL. VOL.32, NO.3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN.,R.,1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPS. OF HUMBOLDT CO.,NV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-11-85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION FIGURERS BASED ON AVERAGE PRICE OF DOLD AS $35.00/OZ IN 1938 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit 1-3 FT QUARTZ VEINS. VEIN THROUGH CENTER OF CAMP STRIKES N35E, DIPPING STEEPLY W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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