Commodities
PrimaryLead, Gold, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS, IRREGULAR
Ore controlThe Relatively Large Size And High Tenor Of The Orebody Is Due To Its Situation At The Junction Of The Two Lodes (The Clarklode, And The Gold Dome Lode), Where The Rocks Have Been More Extensely Fractured Than Elsewhere. The Mineralization Is At Or Near The Contact With The Augusta Limestone. (Schrader)
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueJasper, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationDiorite (?) Stock Has Been Intensely Alterred
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1930
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10103993
MRDS IDM232458
Alternate namesIron King
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.3299, -117.22094
References
STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88VANDERBURG W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO. NEV, USBM I.C. 7043SCHRADER F.C. (1934) THE MCCOY MINING DISTRICT LANDER CO. NEV, USGS ORE 10