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May Day Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173761
MAS/MILS ID 0320130188
Record type Site
Current site name May Day Mine
Alternate or previous names Mayday, Davey

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.94788, 41.29568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 040 N 036 E 32 N2SESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.94788, 41.29568
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Awakening District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASE OF HILLS ABT 2 MI DUE W OF DAVEYTOWN

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964,TB.27

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 30-B,1938,P.17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COMPANY WAS REPORTED TO HAVE A TEN-STAMP MILL AND A TAILINGS MILL AT DAVEYTOWN (DAVYTOWN MILL - 0320139011).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.