Mine detail: Three M

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Location

Lat / long:

40.32712, -117.22233

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1934

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Cane Spring Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Diorite Intrudes The Cane Spring Limestone
Alteration processes:	Limestone Silicitied And Jasperized

References

MRDS	M232463
DEP	10044848
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: SCHRADER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT LANDER CO. NEV., USGS CIRC 10}{Deposit:: MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MCCOY QUADRANGLE, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.