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May Day Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212780
MRDS ID D000964
MAS/MILS ID 0060711379
Record type Site
Current site name May Day Mine
Alternate or previous names Mayday Tungsten Mine, White Dollar Mine
Related records 10008641

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.80647, 34.71081 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007 N 002 E 07 SWNESE California

Comments on the location information

  • CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 504 ERRONEOUSLY LISTS THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IN T. 7 N., R. 3 E. IT IS CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED IN THE OTHER REFERENCES AS T. 7 N., R. 2 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.80647, 34.71081
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Year of first production 1952

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 153.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 77, P. 43-44,

  • Deposit

    PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 504.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESITGATIONS

  • Deposit

    MAP I-427, SCALE 1:62,500, 1964, AND ACCOMPANYING TEXT,

  • Deposit

    P. 5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1993 Campbell U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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