Mine detail: Basic Mccoy Mine Mercury Mine

Previously called 'Ruby GroupQuicksilver Mines Co.Liquid MetalUnited MercuryMccoy Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.86769, -117.49039

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Calomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR , POD
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1919-1920, 1932-1934
First production started:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	Fanglomerate;Dolomite, Shale, Limestone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Reg.Trends: Northerly, North - Trending Anticline
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055012
DEP	10040300
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ROSS AND DANE, 1942, THE WILD HORSE QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 931 - K.}{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, M.J., 1970, NEVADA MINES, MILLS & SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1970: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CC., NV., P. 14.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)