Mine detail: Mayflower

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Location

Lat / long:

40.96546, -116.86122

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Sanidine, Tridymite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENSES
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	The Tin-Bearing Belt Is Marked By Red-Staining Or Bleached Silicitied Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M232455
DEP	10044841
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERBERG W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO NEV., USBM I.C. 7043}{Deposit:: FRIES, C. (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO. NEVADA., USGS BULL 931-L}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.