The Mayflower Group Mine is a zinc, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Boise county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.9531, -115.99530
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Mayflower Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mayflower Group Mine
Secondary: Mayflower and Elizabeth Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boise
District: Boise Basin Or Quartzburg 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. B. Eldridge
Owner Name: Texas-Owyhee Mining And Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized, Sericitized, Slightly Silicified
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION SLIGHTLY IN EXCESS OF $15000 IN EARLY OPERATIONS; TOTAL VALUE OF ORE UP TO MARCH 12, 1938 WAS $83500. BY EARLY 1939 TEXAS-OWYHEE MINING AND DEVEL. CO. HAD MILLED 19712 TONS OF ORE FOR WHICH SMELTER RETURNS WERE $132606.19
Comment (Location): ADJOINS GOLD HILL GROUP TO THE SW. LIES IN BASIN OF WEST FORK OF GRANITE CR.
Comment (Development): 2 PATENTED, 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 80 TON FINE-GRINDING AND FLOTATION CONCENTRATOR. SURFACE PLANT DISMANTLED IN 1940; NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1949.
References
Reference (Deposit): BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL: BULL. NO. 9, 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1934, SOME LODE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 846-D, P. 239-277.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 266-273.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.W., 1959, MAYFLOWER AND ELIZABETH GROUP: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES BULL. 9.
Reference (Deposit): 1934 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P., BULL. 846-D.
Reference (Deposit): 1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C.
Reference (Deposit): 1959 OTHER IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): BALLARD, S. M., 1924: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9 ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944-C.
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