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Mayflower

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101292
MRDS ID C011524
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98936, 39.24322 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Relative position ON LITTLE DEER CK, 2 MI. SE NEVADA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicago Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 009E 17,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4 17 , NE 1/4 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98936, 39.24322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 25 S
    Thickness 0.46M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nevada City

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1158.24M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, ADITS, TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 196 - 197 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 8 , GRANT-STRIKES N 15 W DIP 45 E, BECKMAN-STRIKE E DIP 0 - 30 E, MAYFLOWER-STRIKES N 60 W, DIP 20 S, FLOYD-STRIKE N 10 W, DIP 45 E, BUTTERFLY, NORTH STAR, BIG BLUE-STRIKE S 70 E-E, DIP 90 . MOST WORK ON BECKMAN & GRANT.
Deposit 186 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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