| Lat / long: | 40.31018, -117.22372 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Hematite, Magnetite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1944 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Osobb Formation(Dolomite) |
| Host type: | Quartzite,Shale,Dolomite |
| Associated rock: | Cane Springs (Quartzite, Shales) |
| Associated type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | The Deposit Is At The Base Of The Osobb Near The Contact With The Underlying Cane Spring Limestone. A Diorite Stock Intrudes And Has Locally Pyrometasomatized The Can Spring About 1 Mile To The North |
| Alteration processes: | Bleaching, Oxidation, Kaolinization |
| MRDS | M232469 |
| DEP | 10044853 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 69, REFERENCE NO. 3201500201}{Deposit:: MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MCCOY QUADRANGLE, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E. (1947) MCCOY IRON DEPOSIT, LANDER CO., NEV., USBM REPT OF INV. 3990}{Deposit:: MCCOY FE MINE, SITE VISIT RECORD, MCCOY DISTRICT, LANDER CO., NBMG UNPUBL. MINING DISTRICT FILES(TINGLEY).}{Production:: STAGER, H.K., 1977} |
| Reporter | Kirkham, Richard A., Marcus, Susan |