Mccoy-Strong

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044845
MRDS ID M232460
Record type Site
Current site name Mccoy-Strong

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22512, 40.32823 (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
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Has Been Intensely Alterred & Silicified

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 Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22512, 40.32823

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Diorite Intrudes Limestone Of The T2 Cane Spring Form.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROPERTY CONTAINS VERY RICH STRINGERS IN A WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE. THE LODE STRIDES N30 E AND DIPS 80 W IN ALTERED DIORITE. (SCHRODER)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Mccoy

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2 g/mt Gold Major 1988
    Silver Ag 86 g/mt Silver Trace 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ARTICLE REFERS TO MCCOY/COVE PROJECT. LOCATION IS RIGHT FOR THIS RECORD. COVE APPEARS TO BE "1.5 KM FROM MCCOY OPEN PIT."

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 6 TONS ORE IN 1930 ASSAYED $66/TON, MAINLY IN GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, DEC. 23/30, 1989, P. 513.

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., 1977

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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