Mccoy Gold Mine

The Mccoy Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Mccoy Gold Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.33278, -117.22611

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.