The Basic Mccoy Mine Mercury Mine is a mercury mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.86778, -117.48944
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Basic Mccoy Mine Mercury Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Basic Mccoy Mine Mercury Mine
Secondary: Ruby Group
Secondary: Quicksilver Mines Co.
Secondary: Liquid Metal
Secondary: United Mercury
Secondary: Mccoy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Wild Horse District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Melvin And Mabel Mccoy And Others
Home Office: C/O Basic Resources Corp. Rt. 1 Box 345-A, Fallon, Nv. 89406
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR , POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Trends: Northerly
Type: L
Description: North - Trending Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Calomel
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1956 PRESENTLY PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING (1970).
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD IS AN UDATED VERSION INCLUDING INFORMATION FROM M055450 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : BAILE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO MEASURED OR INDICATED RESERVES
Comment (Deposit): 1942 - 1943 "THE MATERIAL THAT REMAINS IN SIGHT IS OF LOW GRADE"
Comment (Workings): PRODUCING, DEVELOPING, 1970.
Comment (Location): COUNTY - LINE PROBLEMS. MCCOY ON QUAD TOPO MAP NW.
Comment (Geology): 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
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): ROSS AND DANE, 1942, THE WILD HORSE QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 931 - K.
Reference (Deposit): GALLAGHER, M.J., 1970, NEVADA MINES, MILLS & SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1970: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CC., NV., P. 14.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
