The Mayday Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.95083, -112.10111
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Mayday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mayday Mine
Secondary: Uncle Sam Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District District District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Workings): UNCLE SAM WORKINGS LIE WEST-NORTHWEST OF MAYDAY. ADITS AND INTERNAL SHAFT WERE MAIN ACCESS TO ORE. DEEPER WORK FAILED TO FINE ORE ON 700-800 LEVELS (LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919)
Comment (Geology): MAYDAY, UNCLE SAM AND YANKEE MINE PAID 962,000 IN DIVIDENDS PRIOR TO 1930'S.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR UNCLE SAM ALSO GIVEN ON PAGE 223 OF LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN.
Comment (Commodity): SOFT RED OXIDES BENEATH LEAD ORE CONTAINS 2 OZ. PER TON GOLD
Comment (Location): UP NORTH FACE OF GODIVA MOUNTAIN FROM GODIVA MINE AND EUREKA TOWN, UNCLE SAM SHAFT FROM ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 P. F5> TOWER, G.W. AND SMITH G.O., 1898, GEOLOGY OF THE TINTIC DISTRICT DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19 TH ANNUAL REPORT, VOLUME 3, P.748. F5> MORRIS, H.T., 1968, THE MAIN TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED. GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E., P.1060.
Reference (Production): LINDGREN AND LOUGHLIN, 1919, PAGE 223
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., EDITOR, 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC DISTRICT MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
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