Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryCopper, Lead, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Greenstone
Associated rockAndesite
StructureRoberts Mountains Thrust; Whisky Canyon Thrust, Yankee Dip-Slip Fault; Laramide Faulting
AlterationPropylitic, Sericitic, Chloritic.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10044096
MRDS IDM231423
Alternate namesBig Florence, Horse Canyon, North Side, Gold Reef
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.40934, -116.91844
References
STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88, PART II.SCHRADER, F.C., 1934, THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT AND GOLD VEINS IN HORSE CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS INFO. CIRC. 10.MADRID, R. ,1990, PERSONAL COMM.EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 408.STAGER (1977)