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Mayday Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, 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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055157
MRDS ID RE00188
Record type Site
Current site name Mayday Mine
Alternate or previous names Uncle Sam Mine
Related records 10020084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1019, 39.95078 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 6000 FT. S 2 E OF BIG HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lynndyl(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 10S 2W 18 NE OF SE OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • UP NORTH FACE OF GODIVA MOUNTAIN FROM GODIVA MINE AND EUREKA TOWN, UNCLE SAM SHAFT FROM ADIT

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOFT RED OXIDES BENEATH LEAD ORE CONTAINS 2 OZ. PER TON GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Packard Quartz Latite;Rhyolite Dike;
    Rock description Packard Quartz Latite;Rhyolite Dike;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Deseret Limestone;Gardision Limestone;
    Rock description Deseret Limestone;Gardision Limestone;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1019, 39.95078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel- Like Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAYDAY, UNCLE SAM AND YANKEE MINE PAID 962,000 IN DIVIDENDS PRIOR TO 1930'S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Tintic District District District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR UNCLE SAM ALSO GIVEN ON PAGE 223 OF LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1609.3M
    Overall depth 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNCLE SAM WORKINGS LIE WEST-NORTHWEST OF MAYDAY. ADITS AND INTERNAL SHAFT WERE MAIN ACCESS TO ORE. DEEPER WORK FAILED TO FINE ORE ON 700-800 LEVELS (LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19 TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME 3, P.748. F5> MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED. GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., P.1060.

  • Production

    LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919, PAGE 223

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 James, Laurence P. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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