The Mccoy Prospect is a mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.8225, -119.07111
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Mccoy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mccoy Prospect
Secondary: Flyboy Nbmg # 4266
Commodity
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization The Host Granite Has Been Altered To A Kaolinized Punky White.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADITS,DOZING AND TRENCHING APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OF THE TOP OF A PROMINENT KNOB HAS BEEN DOZED FLAT, MAKING A TERRANCE WITH THE MATERIAL SPILLING OFF ALL SIDES.
Comment (Geology): SLAINS OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS AND SMALL AMOUNT OF SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL FRACTURES AND SHEAR ZONES HAVE BEEN EXSPOSED,REVEALING BLUE AND GREEN FRACTURE COATINGS OF COOPER OXIDES. QUADE REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT FIND ANY MOLYBDENUM NOR URANIUM AS HAD BEEN REPORTED EARLIER BY OTHER SITE INVESTIGATORS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J. H., 1962 , AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURENCES IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, J. N., 1958 , PHYSICAL BENEFICIATION OF LOW-GRADE URANIUM ORES, US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, RMO-2683 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 6-28-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
