Mine detail: Mc Coy Gold Deposit

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 669Echo Bay Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.32462, -117.22233

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Zeolite
Orebody form: STRATIFORM TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1981

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Augusta Mountain
Host type:Limestone,Chert
Associated rock:Brown Stock
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Faults Localized Stock Emplacement
Alteration processes:Strong Silication

References

MRDSM242947
DEP10047574
Reference{Deposit:: LANE, M.F., 1987, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MCCOY SKARN, LANDER CO., NEVADA; UNPUB. PAPER PRESENTED AT 93RD NW MINING ASSOC. CONVENTION, 1987.}{Deposit:: UNPUB. REPORT BY ECHO BAY MINES, ON FILE AT NBMG, MINING DISTRICT FILE 157.}{Deposit:: KUYPER, B.A., 1986, GEOLOGY OF THE MCCOY GOLD DEPOSIT, GSN. PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM PAPER.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1934, USGS IC. #10.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG, MI-1987.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., NOV, 1981, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.}{Reserve-Resource:: BONHAM, 1988}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)