The Ida May Mine is a copper, zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.09833, -114.60750
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Ida May Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ida May Mine
Secondary: E and F Mine
Secondary: Bay State Mining and Leasing Property
Secondary: Bertha, Little Ford, Horn Silver Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Bristol-Jackrabbit 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
Owner Name: A. C. Ellis (Estate-; Bay State Mining And Leasing Co.
Years: 1922 - 1930
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA IS UNSURVEYED. ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF THE RIDGE ABOUT 1 MILE WSW OF THE BLACK METALS MINE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IN 1908 ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION AVAILABLE, WITH GROSS VALUE OF $21,300.
Comment (Development): OPERATED AS THE E AND F MINE IN EARLY 1900'S, SHUT DOWN IN 1907, OPERATED 1918-1921, IDLE IN 1924.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THE BRISTOL MINE, BUT SMALLER. SEVERAL ORE-BEARING NW AND E-W FISSURES INTERSECTED BY N-S FAULTS WHICH TRAVERSE THIS FORMATION. COPPER OXIDES AND COPPER CARBONATES FILL FISSURES TOGETHER WITH LIMITED REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): A SERIES OF ADITS INTERSECT FISSURES; SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): SMALL IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES OF OXIDIZED ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 30.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., 1922, THE MINES HAND BOOK, VOL XV, P. 1141, P. 1189-1190.
Reference (Production): COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943; TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970
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.
