Mccoy Mining Camp

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246339
MRDS ID M055012
MAS/MILS ID 0320150049
Record type Site
Current site name Mccoy Mining Camp
Alternate or previous names Mccoy Mine 0320010281, Antelope, Winona, Ruby Group, Liquid Metal, Mccoy Mine, Tomboy, Quicksilver Mines Co
Related records 10040300, 10148992

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -117.46315, 39.85851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert Creek SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 023 N 040 E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS THE TOWN SITE/CAMP/PLANT/WELL FOR THE MCCOY MINE. THE MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS SITE. IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA. SEE MAS SEQ# 0320010049.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -117.46315, 39.85851

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL.41, 1944, P. 111, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    USBM I C 8252, 1965, P. 251

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 88, 1977, P. 98

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-AUG-97 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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