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Basic Mccoy Mine Mercury Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040300
MRDS ID M055012
Record type Site
Current site name Basic Mccoy Mine Mercury Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby Group, Quicksilver Mines Co., Liquid Metal, United Mercury, Mccoy Mine
Related records 10148992, 10246339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49039, 39.86769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position IN AUGUSTA MTNS; ONE MI N OF WILD HORSE PROPERTY; 30 MILES W OF AUSTIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(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 023N 040E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • COUNTY - LINE PROBLEMS. MCCOY ON QUAD TOPO MAP NW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Fanglomerate;Dolomite, Shale, Limestone
    Rock description Fanglomerate;Dolomite, Shale, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Trends: Northerly
Type of structure Local
Structure description North - Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR , POD
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northerly - Trending Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • MODERATELY FOLDED AND FAULTED TRIASSIC SILICEOUS CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE, TILTED AND OVERLAIN BY NEARLY FLAT - LYING TERTIARY FANGLOMERATE AND RHYOLITE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: LOW AND MID TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1918
Production years 1919-1920, 1932-1934

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Melvin And Mabel Mccoy And Others
    Home office C/O Basic Resources Corp. Rt. 1 Box 345-A, Fallon, Nv. 89406

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 4518g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO MEASURED OR INDICATED RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRODUCING, DEVELOPING, 1970.

Comments on development

  • DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1956 PRESENTLY PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING (1970).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    ROSS AND DANE, 1942, THE WILD HORSE QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 931 - K.

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M.J., 1970, NEVADA MINES, MILLS & SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1970: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CC., NV., P. 14.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1942 - 1943 "THE MATERIAL THAT REMAINS IN SIGHT IS OF LOW GRADE"
Deposit THIS RECORD IS AN UDATED VERSION INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM M055450 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : BAILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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