The Pay Day is a mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Pay Day MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pay Day
Secondary: Iron Ore
Secondary: Meck
Secondary: Turpin
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Mccoy
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Converted To Calc-Silicate Skarn
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Geology): HTE LODE STRIKES NORTHWEST AND DIPS SOUTHWEST WITH LIMESTONE ON THE HANGING WALL AND DIORITE ON THE FOOTWALL. IT HAS A REPORTED LENGTH OF 2,500 FEET AND IS 150 FEET WIDE IN PLACES. IT HAS BEEN OPENED BY THE MEEK, TURPIN, AND EXPLORATION SHAFTS TO DEPTHS OF 70 FEE. PRINCIPAL METAL IS IRON AS MAGNETITE & HEMATITE. THERE IS ALSO SOME UPPER SHOWINGS AND A FAIR TENOR IN GOLD AND SILVER. WHERE THE LIMESTONE WAS NOT REPLACED BY IRON MINERALS IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A GARNET, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, MOMTRONITE SKARN ALONG THE DIORITE CONTACT. (SHCRADER, F.C. 1934).
Comment (Deposit): IGNEOUS CONTACT WITH IRON AS MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORATION SHAFTS
Comment (Development): OPENED BY THE MEEK, TURPIN, AND EXPLORATION SHAFTS TO 70-FT DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRDER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT. LANDER CO. NEV., USGS CIRC 10
Reference (Deposit): MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MCKOY QUADRANGLE, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP
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.
