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Pray-Taylor

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044850
MRDS ID M232465
Record type Site
Current site name Pray-Taylor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22233, 40.32184 (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)

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 Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Has Been Pyrometasomatized By The Diorite

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) -117.22233, 40.32184
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Diorite Intrudes The Cane Spring Limestone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Formed By Replacement Along Faults Fractures, Or Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FISSURE VEIN STRIKES NORTHEAST AND DIPS 60 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mccoy

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CMCOY DISTRICT, USGS OPEN FILE. MAP

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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