Mayflower Mine

The Mayflower Mine is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Wasatch county, Utah at an elevation of 6,440 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mayflower Mine
Secondary: New Park Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Wasatch
District: Park City 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

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: New Park Resources, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: P. O. Box 6411, Metairie, La 70009
Info Year: 1993

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Milling Method: Flotation
Discovery Year: 1873
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Tennantite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyromorphite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Anhydrite
Unknown: Amphibole
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Mimetite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Enargite
Unknown: Electrum
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Ownership): NORANDA EXPLORATION INC. WAS ENTERED IN THE OWNERSHIP DATA SET AS "OWNER/OPERATOR". THIS IS AN ASSUMPTION. THE JOURNAL PAYDIRT (INTERMOUNTAIN) IN PAGES 11 AND 12 STATES THAT NORANDA AND NEWPARK RESOURCES OF NEW ORLEANS HAD AGREED IN PRINCIPAL ON A 50-50 JOINT VENTURE. THIS ARTICLE TITLED "TO REOPEN MAYFLOWER MINE", NO. 19, APRIL,1981 WAS PUBLISHED AFTER THE EVALUATION WAS COMPLETED.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE RESERVES ENTERED IN QUANTITY MATRIXES 1 AND 9

Comment (Production): ALTHOUGH THE RECOVERIES AND CONCENTRATE ASSAYS REFLECT TYPICAL OPERATIONS DATA, THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERED SPECULATIVE BY BOTH NORANDA AND THE EVALUATOR.

Comment (Reference): PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH NORANDA EXPLORATION, INC. ARE OMITTED FROM THE BIBLIOGRAPHY RECORD.

References

Reference (Deposit): DEVELOPMENTS, OCT. 15, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD (PRESS CLIPPING). UTAH MINING

Reference (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH USGS PROF. PAPER 111, 1920, PP.285-310.

Reference (Deposit): BUTLER,B.S., G.F. LOUGHLIN, V.C. HEIKES, AND OTHERS. THE

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE. ORE

Reference (Deposit): BARNES,M.D.,AND J.E. SIMOS. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY

Reference (Deposit): PP. 34-51.

Reference (Deposit): FLUIDS IN THE MAYFLOWER MINE. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 68,1973

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, UTAH, USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 77, 1913, 230PP.

Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY

Reference (Deposit): UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1968, PP. 40-45.

Reference (Deposit): TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH NO. 22, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH.

Reference (Deposit): QUINLAN,J.J.,AND J.G. SIMOS. THE MAYFLOWER MINE, GUIDEBOOK

Reference (Deposit): 1126.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, VOL.II, 1933-1967, PP 1117-

Reference (Deposit): NASH,J. GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES IN THE MAYFLOWER MINE I: ORE

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES GRANT NO. GO 264006; 1976, PP. 357-358.

Reference (Deposit): MIC GEOLOGY SECTION). UGMS OPEN FILE REPORT 22. U.S. BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): MAYFLOWER MINE. UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY (ECONO-

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I. AND MCCARTHY. LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH,1976;

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