Nevada · Lyon County
Occurrence

Mccoy Prospect

Lyon County, Nevada, United States
MolybdenumCopperUranium
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Description

Unknown

Commodities
TertiaryMolybdenum, Copper, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlSeveral Persistent Fractures And Small Sheared Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockGranite
AlterationArgillization The Host Granite Has Been Altered To A Kaolinized Punky White.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10037660
MRDS IDM035828
Alternate namesFlyboy Nbmg # 4266
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.82241, -119.07209
References
SCHILLING, J. H., 1962 , AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURENCES IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .BUTLER, J. N., 1958 , PHYSICAL BENEFICIATION OF LOW-GRADE URANIUM ORES, US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, RMO-2683 .TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 6-28-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).