| Deposit ID | 10044844 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232459 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mccoy Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.22706, 40.33268 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McCoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 042E | 02 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Cane Spring Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Cane Spring Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -117.22706, 40.33268 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fractures And Shear Zones. |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | J.H. Mccoy |
| District name | Mccoy |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mc Coy Consolidated Mines |
| First year | 1929 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232459 |
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88
SCHRADER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT, LANDER. CO. NEV, USGS CIRC. 10
BURGESS J.A. (1914) REPORT ON CAMP MCLOY, LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 157, ITEM 1
NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
STAGER, H.K., 1977 NBMG MI-1993
NBMG MI-1993
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD OCCURS WITH QUARTZ, OPALITE, JASPER, IRON OXIDES, AND CALCITE IN HIGHLYALTERED DIORITE OR SHEAR ZONES IN THE DIORITE |
| Deposit | A 150 FOOT SHAFT WAS SUNK BY THE MCCOY CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. IN 1929. THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD BEARING ORE WAS MADE IN 1914 BY J.H. MCCOY WHO LOCATED NINE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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