| Deposit ID | 10044845 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232460 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mccoy-Strong |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.22512, 40.32823 (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 |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.22512, 40.32823 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Diorite Intrudes Limestone Of The T2 Cane Spring Form. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Year of first production | 1930 |
| District name | Mccoy |
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232460 |
STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88
SCHRADER F.C. (1934) THE MCLOY MINING DISTRICT, LANDER CO. NEV. USGS CIRC. 10
MINING JOURNAL, DEC. 23/30, 1989, P. 513.
STAGER, H.K., 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN/SHEAR ZONE. RICH STRINGERS IN A WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE |
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY A 40 FOOT SHAFT SIX TONS OF ORE ASSAYED IN 1930 AVERAGED $66 TON MOSTLY IN GOLD |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1988 | Marcus, Sue | U.S. Geological Survey |
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