The Mayday Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,639 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.29694, -117.94778
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Mayday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mayday Mine
Secondary: Davey Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2385
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening District; Slumbering Hills; Amos District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wilmot, C. H.
Home Office: Winnemucca
Years: 1985 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Mod Regional Deformation Of Sediments-Fold Axes Trending
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2385 IS FROM THE SOUTHERN PIT AND DUMPS.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE MAJOR SHAFT AND AN OPEN PIT TO THE SOUTH WHICH INCLUDES AN INCLINE. BEST ORE CAME FROM THE SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: COMPLEX VEIN ZONE DISTURBED BY SOME POST-MINERAL FAULTING.
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROADS WEST OF DAVEYTOWN.
Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY $300000 WORTH OF ORE FROM SHAFT AND THE SOUTHERN PIT PRODUCED ABOUT $75000 WORTH OF GOLD ORE.
Comment (Development): GLORYHOLE TO THE SOUTH HAS AN INCLINE THAT IS STILL INTACT.
Comment (Deposit): 1-3 FT QUARTZ VEINS. VEIN THROUGH CENTER OF CAMP STRIKES N35E, DIPPING STEEPLY W.
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION FIGURERS BASED ON AVERAGE PRICE OF DOLD AS $35.00/OZ IN 1938 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CIRCULAR, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA. 1938
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., 1938; GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS, NEV; U. OF NEV. BULL. VOL.32, NO.3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN.,R.,1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPS. OF HUMBOLDT CO.,NV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-11-85.
Nevada Gold
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.
