The Mayflower Claim is a gold and silver mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 3,481 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: 3,481 Feet (1,061 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.26306, -114.40528
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Mayflower Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mayflower Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Palladium
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS AND IRREGULAR TO TABULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northwest Trending Folds And Faults
Type: L
Description: North-Striking Faults And Shears
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic In Shears, Diorite Altered To Serpentine And Talc
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION. ON REVAIS CREEK. PART OF DRAKE GROUP; 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Commodity): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1991); SOURCE COULD BE UNPUBLISHED FOREST SERVICE DATA
Comment (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: REVAIS CREEK CU-AU-PGE.
Comment (Workings): ADITS, SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC INFORMATION NOT PROVIDED IN USFS REPORT BUT PRESUMED SAME AS AT DRAKE MINE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS WO26566.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MONT.
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 40.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
