Mcboyle Prospect

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097298
MRDS ID M242346
Record type Site
Current site name Mcboyle Prospect
Alternate or previous names Copper Canyon Prospect, Part of Molly Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65731, 37.33606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 500m To General Vicinity Of The Prospect

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Last Chance Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 039E 09,16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF CALIFORNIA STATELINE NEAR NORTH FORK OF COPPER CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilsemannite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton; Uncle Sam Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton; Uncle Sam Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65731, 37.33606

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Along Contact Of Marble And Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 63-64, 71.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, JOHN H., 1962, NBMG REPORT 2, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H. (1979), MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG OFR-79-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLYBDENITE, PYRITE AND MINOR QUARTZ ALONG FAULT ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN MARBLE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.