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Pay Day

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044855
MRDS ID M232471
Record type Site
Current site name Pay Day
Alternate or previous names Iron Ore, Meck, Turpin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22705, 40.32268 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 042E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Converted To Calc-Silicate Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cane Spring Formation
    Rock description Cane Spring Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22705, 40.32268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 762M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Proximity To Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • HTE LODE STRIKES NORTHWEST AND DIPS SOUTHWEST WITH LIMESTONE ON THE HANGING WALL AND DIORITE ON THE FOOTWALL. IT HAS A REPORTED LENGTH OF 2,500 FEET AND IS 150 FEET WIDE IN PLACES. IT HAS BEEN OPENED BY THE MEEK, TURPIN, AND EXPLORATION SHAFTS TO DEPTHS OF 70 FEE. PRINCIPAL METAL IS IRON AS MAGNETITE & HEMATITE. THERE IS ALSO SOME UPPER SHOWINGS AND A FAIR TENOR IN GOLD AND SILVER. WHERE THE LIMESTONE WAS NOT REPLACED BY IRON MINERALS IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A GARNET, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, MOMTRONITE SKARN ALONG THE DIORITE CONTACT. (SHCRADER, F.C. 1934).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mccoy

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY THE MEEK, TURPIN, AND EXPLORATION SHAFTS TO 70-FT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRDER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT. LANDER CO. NEV., USGS CIRC 10

  • Deposit

    MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MCKOY QUADRANGLE, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IGNEOUS CONTACT WITH IRON AS MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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