Mine detail: Mayflower Mine

Previously called 'Glencoe MineStar TunnelMarcella ClaimKeeler Tunnel'

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.61633, -111.44134
dep_id: 10103866
mrds_id: M058651
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc, Copper
Trace mineral: Geothermal, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Mayflower, Pearl, Pearl Split, And Number Three Veins
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Doughnut To Gardison Limestone
hrock_type: Diorite,Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Mayflower Stock;Valeo Stock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta Arch, On East Flank Of Park City Anticline
tectonic: Central Wasatch Range
yr_lst_prd: 1972
disc_yr: 1873
discr: Cook, Mccune, Cupit, Braun
References:
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 77, P. 198-200.
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-864.
  • Deposit:: JAMES, A., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UGMS SPEC. STUDIES 44, P. 26-32.
  • Deposit:: QUINLAN, J.J. AND SIMOS, J.G., 1968, THE MAYFLOWER MINE: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 22, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH, P. 40-55.
  • Deposit:: BARNES, M.P. AND SIMOS, J.G., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE; ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES): AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 2, CH. 53, P. 1103-1126, NEW YORK.
  • Production:: ERICKSON, A.J., 1968, P. 2. AND QUINLAN AND SIMOS, 1968, P. 40.
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