The Mccoy Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mccoy Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mccoy Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Mccoy
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mc Coy Consolidated Mines
Years: 1929 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures And Shear Zones.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): . CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): GOLD OCCURS WITH QUARTZ, OPALITE, JASPER, IRON OXIDES, AND CALCITE IN HIGHLYALTERED DIORITE OR SHEAR ZONES IN THE DIORITE
Comment (Deposit): A 150 FOOT SHAFT WAS SUNK BY THE MCCOY CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. IN 1929. THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD BEARING ORE WAS MADE IN 1914 BY J.H. MCCOY WHO LOCATED NINE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BURGESS J.A. (1914) REPORT ON CAMP MCLOY, LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 157, ITEM 1
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., 1977 NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT, LANDER. CO. NEV, USGS CIRC. 10
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.
