Mayflower

The Mayflower is a lead and zinc mine located in Lane county, Oregon.

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: Mayflower

Commodity

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

Location

State: Oregon
County: Lane
District: Bohemia

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.
Administrative Organization: Umpqua National Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1.38 % CU
Analytical Data: 11.88 % PB
Analytical Data: 17.71 % ZN
Analytical Data: 0.05 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: SULPHIDE ORE REPORTEDLY ASSAYED NIL AU

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): FOUR ADITS, TOTAL LENGTH NOT REPORTED

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN MATTER IS OXIDIZED AND CONSISTS OF ALTERED TUFF WITH RETICULATING VEINLETS OF DRUSY QUARTZ.

Comment (Deposit): SOME STOPES TWO TO FIVE FEET WIDE WERE MINED TO SURFACE

References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 68

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 70

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 317

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