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Mayflower Mine

Past Producer in Wasatch county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Geothermal
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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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103866
MRDS ID M058651
Record type Site
Current site name Mayflower Mine
Alternate or previous names Glencoe Mine, Star Tunnel, Marcella Claim, Keeler Tunnel
Related records 10130786

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.44134, 40.61633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position 11,200 FT N 76 E OF BALD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 25 NW OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Geothermal Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCED 65 DEGREE C WATER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mayflower Stock;Valeo Stock
    Rock description Mayflower Stock;Valeo Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Doughnut To Gardison Limestone
    Rock description Doughnut To Gardison Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.44134, 40.61633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description On East Flank Of Park City Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip N
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mayflower, Pearl, Pearl Split, And Number Three Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE ORE CAME FROM THE MAYFLOWER STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Discoverer Cook, Mccune, Cupit, Braun
Year of last production 1972

Mining district

District name Park City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Park Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on the workings information

  • TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FEET OF WORKINGS (SEE JAMES, 1973, P. 31). INCLUDES KEELER TUNNEL. STAR TUNNEL, AND SMALL, EARLIER WORKINGS INCLUDING GLENCOE-UPPER, ADIT LOWER (JAC ADIT), AND MAIN ADIT; MARCELLA PROSPECT AND OTHER SMALL PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • THE GLENCOE MINE WAS LOCATED IN 1873 BY COOK, MCCUNE, CUPIT AND BRAUN. THE PROPERTY WAS LATER SOLD TO THE GLENCOE MINING CO. WHO MADE SEVERAL SHIPMENTS. THE MINE WAS IDLE BY 1893 PARTLY DUE TO ZINCKY ORE AND INSUFFICIENT MILL WATER. THE MINE EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY IN 1895. WORK WAS BEGUN AGAIN IN 1904 BUT STOPPED WITH THE DEATH OF THE LEASING PARTY. THE ADIRONDACK MINING CO. REOPENED THE PROPERTY IN 1908. INTERMITTENT SHIPMENTS WERE MADE UNTIL 1932 WHEN THE NEW PARK MINING CO. ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY, DEVELOPING THE MAYFLOWER MINE. THE MAYFLOWER WAS CLOSED IN 1972 DUE TO DEPRESSED METALS PRICES AND INCREASING MINING COSTS DUE TO INCREASING TEMPERATURE AND AMOUNT OF WATER INFLUX. ALL EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED AND PUMPING STOPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 198-200.

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, A., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UGMS SPEC. STUDIES 44, P. 26-32.

  • Deposit

    QUINLAN, J.J. AND SIMOS, J.G., 1968, THE MAYFLOWER MINE: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 22, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH, P. 40-55.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, M.P. AND SIMOS, J.G., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE; ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES): AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 2, CH. 53, P. 1103-1126, NEW YORK.

  • Production

    ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, P. 2. AND QUINLAN AND SIMOS, 1968, P. 40.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE STEEPLY DIPPING FISSURES: MAYFLOWER, PEARL, PEARL SPLIT AND NUMBER THREE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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