Mayflower

The Mayflower is a tin mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Mayflower  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Tin

Lat, Long: 40.96556, -116.86028

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Mayflower MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mayflower


Commodity

Primary: Tin


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Izenhood


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Rhyolite-hosted Sn


Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENSES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Tin-Bearing Belt Is Marked By Red-Staining Or Bleached Silicitied Rhyolite


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Tridymite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Sanidine


Comments

Comment (Deposit): TIN WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1914, WORK WAS DONE IN THE DISTRICT FROM 1928 TO 1938 AND AGAIN IN 1952. EXPLORATION ON THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A 50 FOOT SHAFT. SMALL GRAB SAMPLES TAKEN BY FRIES IN 1941 ACROSS THE NORTH & EAST WALLS OF THE SHAFT SHOWED .01% SN AND .005% SN RESPECTIVELY. SEE FRIES (1941 P. 291) FOR GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PROSPECT.

Comment (Development): TIN DISCOVERED IN 1914. THE DISTRICT WAS WORKED, 1928-1938 AND AGAIN IN 1952 MAPPED AND SAMPLED IN 1941.

Comment (Deposit): CASSITERITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES, AND FRACTURE COATINGS IN RHYOLITE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Geology): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88


References

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBERG W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO NEV., USBM I.C. 7043

Reference (Deposit): FRIES, C. (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO. NEVADA., USGS BULL 931-L


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.