Mccoy/Cove Mine

The Mccoy/Cove Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,906 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mccoy/Cove Mine
Secondary: Cove Underground
Secondary: Cove
Secondary: Brown Adit
Secondary: Cove Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Echo Bay Minerals Co.
Company ID: 2602051
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Company ID: 2670090
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods - Other Combined Methods
Year First Production: 1988
Discovery Year: 1986
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALL RESERVE AND RESOURCE DATA RESIDE IN THE MAIN MCCOY/COVE MAS PROPERTY FILE SEQ NO. 0320150432.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALL ADIT DATA RESIDE IN THE MAIN MCCOY/COVE FILE 0320150432.

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY FILE IS A MILS LISTING FOR THE COVE UNDERGROUND MINE PORTION OF THE MCCOY/COVE SUR/UNDG MINE SEQ# 0320150432. THE COVE UNDERGROUND MINE IS CURRENTLY (AUG, 1996) CLOSED DUE FLOODING AND POOR GROUND. SEE THE MAIN MCCOY/COVE PROPERTY FILE FOR ALL RESERVE/RESOURCE DATA AND OTHER DETAIL.

References

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES DIRECTORY, 1996, PP. 90, 91.

Reference (Deposit): MINES & MINING COMPANIES.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORIES, 1994/95, P355, 1996/97, P256, U.S.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 9, 25, 26.

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPE. PUB. P-7, PP. 10, 11.

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMY, THE NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1996, NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): MAJOR MINES OF NEVADA 1995, MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN NEVADA'S

Reference (Deposit): ECHO BAY ANNUAL REPORTS 93, 94, 95,& FORM 10K, 1995.

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 54.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

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.