USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lincoln County
Ida May Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln
- Mining district
- Bristol-Jackrabbit District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- E and F Mine, Bay State Mining and Leasing Property, Bertha, Little Ford, Horn Silver Claims.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Cu-Zn-Ag-Pb-Au occurrence/mine located in the NE¼ sec. 30, T3N, R66E, MDM, on the N slope of the ridge, about 1 mile WSW of the Black Metals Mine, 15 miles NW of Pioche and 2 miles W of highway 93, on private land. Owned by A.C. Ellis estate; …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- 8 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- A. C. Ellis (Estate-; Bay State Mining And Leasing Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Atacamite
- Chrysocolla
- Coarse-grained ("plutonic") crystalline igneous rock
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
View all 16 reported minerals
- Atacamite
- Chrysocolla
- Coarse-grained ("plutonic") crystalline igneous rock
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Cuprite
- Dolomite
- Dolostone
- Limestone
- Malachite
- Shale
- Siltstone
- Tenorite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (5)
- mapped adit symbols (8)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 57688
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (16)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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