| Deposit ID | 10037660 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M035828 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mccoy Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Flyboy Nbmg # 4266 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.07209, 38.82241 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 10 MI. S-SW OF YERINGTON, NEV. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lyon(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Yerington SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Walker(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lyon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 011N | 026E | 16 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -119.07209, 38.82241 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Yerington |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M035828 |
SCHILLING, J. H., 1962 , AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURENCES IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .
BUTLER, J. N., 1958 , PHYSICAL BENEFICIATION OF LOW-GRADE URANIUM ORES, US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, RMO-2683 .
TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 6-28-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL FRACTURES AND SHEAR ZONES HAVE BEEN EXSPOSED,REVEALING BLUE AND GREEN FRACTURE COATINGS OF COOPER OXIDES. QUADE REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT FIND ANY MOLYBDENUM NOR URANIUM AS HAD BEEN REPORTED EARLIER BY OTHER SITE INVESTIGATORS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1991 | Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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