Ida May Mine

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

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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.