Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model62: Skarn Fe
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlFavorable Bed Capped By Impermeable Layer And Near Intrusive Body.
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Dolomite · Osobb Formation(Dolomite)
Associated rockDiorite · Cane Springs (Quartzite, Shales)
StructureThe 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
AlterationBleaching, Oxidation, Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1944
Identification
Deposit ID10044853
MRDS IDM232469
Alternate namesUhalde, New World, Childress, Nevada Iron
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31018, -117.22372
References
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 69, REFERENCE NO. 3201500201MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MCCOY QUADRANGLE, USGS OPEN-FILE MAPKRAL, V.E. (1947) MCCOY IRON DEPOSIT, LANDER CO., NEV., USBM REPT OF INV. 3990MCCOY FE MINE, SITE VISIT RECORD, MCCOY DISTRICT, LANDER CO., NBMG UNPUBL. MINING DISTRICT FILES(TINGLEY).STAGER, H.K., 1977