Mine detail: Mccoy Gold Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

40.33268, -117.22706

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Jasper, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Cane Spring Formation
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Fractures And Shear Zones.

References

MRDS	M232459
DEP	10044844
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: SCHRADER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT, LANDER. CO. NEV, USGS CIRC. 10}{Deposit:: BURGESS J.A. (1914) REPORT ON CAMP MCLOY, LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 157, ITEM 1}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Production:: STAGER, H.K., 1977 NBMG MI-1993}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A., Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)