The Little May Shaft is a silver, copper, gold, and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,329 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,329 Feet (1,929 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.90111, -112.10028
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Little May Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little May Shaft
Secondary: Matson Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1923
Year Last Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1920
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): BOTTOM OF RUBY HOLLOW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): A PROSPECT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH MANY WATER PROBLEMS, ON SW EXTENSION OF TESORA VEIN; LEVELS AT 100, 150, 200. OLD SHAFT WAS INCLINE?
Comment (Deposit): A PROSPECT FUNDED BY STOCK SALES AND CLOSED IN FAVOR OF OTHERS WHEN ORE PROVED SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.
Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.
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 MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.
Reference (Deposit): NEALE, W.G., 1927, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVII, P. 1500; MINES HANDBOOK CO. NEW YORK.
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY, SALT LAKE CITY, 1920'S, VARIOUS ISSUES.
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