Mayday

The Mayday is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 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

Name: Mayday  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.04083, -114.41306

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Mayday MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mayday


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola


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

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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): 2 INTERSECTING GROUPS OF FISSURES WHICH DO NOT OFFSET EACH OTHER. INTERSECTION IS MARKED BY AN IRREGULAR BROKEN ZONE SEEN IN OUTCROP AND ON BOTH TUNNEL LEVELS.

Comment (Geology): GANGUE MATERIAL IS CHIEFLY QUARTZ. VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS MANY GOUGE SEAMS AND SMALL DISPLACEMENTS


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV. U.S. GEO. BULL. 340


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.