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Mercury (commodity) from
Cove Mine, McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Commodity:Mercury (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Mercury (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cove Mine, McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1550618
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1550618:2
GUID (UUID V4):fc30aa8c-46c4-435d-88f2-4c629b2e4b97
Nearest other deposits of Mercury (commodity)
0.1km (0.1 miles) Cove mine (McCoy-Cove mine; McCoy mine), McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Warm springs mine (Lime Cap mine; Mercury mine), Warm Springs Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) Fortitude mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) Lucky Day Claim, Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
27.6km (17.2 miles) Badger mine, Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) Red Robin Mine, Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) Mount Tobin mine (Miner's Dream mine), Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) Unnamed mercury prospect (MRDS10047388), Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) Rainbow Group, Mount Tobin Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
30.0km (18.6 miles) Elder Creek Mine, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent
Report (issue)
of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (volume)
Gold in Jasperoid, Elephant Head Area, Lander County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2009 Geochemistry...Gold in Jasperoid, Elephant Head Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE and GAIL M. JONES U...gold in jasperoid, Elephant Head area, Lander County, Nevada I Ted G. Theodore and Gail M. Jones. p....ores-Geology-Nevada-Lander County. 2. JasperoidNevada-Lander County. 3. Geochemistry-Nevada-Lander County. I....Geologic map of the Elephant Head area, Lander County, Nevada In pocket FIGURES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been...Cox and Singer, 1986)...........31 Hot-spring mercury deposits (model 27a of Cox and Singer, 1986)...........................32 East zone hot-spring mercury-dominant tracts...............................
Journal (issue)
were some of the words used to describe a lluorite mine in the San Andres Mountains of New Mexico. The author...location for a possible collectin_g ve~ture. The mine was determined to be the Bohrnstedt lluonte mme...for us to reach the mine. This was accomplished and we eventually reached the mine (which included a hike...crystals covered the mine area and it appeared that no one had visited the mine since the U. S. Army...Army had closed the area in the 1940s. The "mine" was really a prospect as it consisted of a trench cut through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Special Issue Devoted to Gold Deposits in Northern Nevada: Part 1. Regional Studies and Epithermal Deposits...Menlo Park, California 94025 Introduction Northern Nevada is one of the Earth’s premier gold- and silver-producing...gold mining district, producing nearly 125 t (4 Moz) of gold annually. Since large-scale mining began...began in 1965 with the opening of the Carlin mine, the Carlin trend has produced more than 1555 t (50 Moz)...2001, gold production from the entire state of Nevada was nearly 253 t (8.13 Moz), which accounted for
Report (volume)
sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn districts...zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of pyroxene...three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly...north-central Nevada 59 · Representative data for minerals in gold skarns from north-central Nevada 60 Chemical
Report (issue)
porphyry copper, porphyry molybdenum, skarn tungsten, mercury, nickel in small intrusions, vein gold, mafic volcanogenic... Because of the expense involved in drilling, mining concerns commonly drill enough holes to prove or...or disprove the economic viability of the mining the deposit. This process can lead to a tonnage, and...be reported because they may not be economic to mine at the time they are explored. Balancing these...often more complete because mining concerns attempt to develop long-range mine plans now. It is also more
Report (volume)
Georgia have been the major sources of barite since mining began there in 1872, 1902, and 1914 respectively...Deposits in Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico have been developed extensively...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL RESOURCES production, mining and treatment of ore, as well as some descriptions...states. State references describe deposits and mining and milling techniques practiced within a particular...occurrences may be in the vicinity. In the Cartersville district, Georgia, the deposits are listed as residual
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Thesis/Dissertation
the Buffalo Valley Gold Deposit, Battle Mountain, Nevada by Kathryn Sechrist A Prepublication Manuscript...midTertiary gold-(copper) deposits in northern Nevada that contains porphyry dikes fringed by skarn....porphyry-related systems. 4 Introduction Northern Nevada is a major gold province and contains a variety...additional deposits are located nearby, such as Cove-McCoy (Brooks et al., 1991; Johnston, 2000; Johnston...of attack for future exploration within northern Nevada where granodioritic to tonalitic magmas occur within
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (issue)
identified resources C6 Mining history C6 Mines, prospects, and mineralized areas C7 Dewey mine area C9 North Pass...Canyon area Cll Eagles Nest mine Cll Oro del Rey workings Cll Evelyn mine C13 Adits in Goshute Canyon...Miscellaneous C13 Economic evaluation C13 Queen of Sheba mine C14 Red Mountain area C15 Gold Bond area C15 Trout...potential C27 Tungsten C28 Resource potential C28 Mercury C28 Resource potential C29 Gold and silver C31...not classified as to deposit type Queen of Sheba mine C33 Resource potential C34 Gold Bond C34 Resource
Report (issue)
Coppermolybdenum mineralization at Mineral Park, Mojsve County, Arizona, in Ridge. J. D., Ore deposits of the...Volume), v. 2: New York, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, p. 1256-1281...mineralization in the Gold BasinLost Basin mining districts, Mojave County, Arizona: Geological Society of America...Economic Geology, v. 67, p. 664-878. Globe-Miami district 33°20» x 110°45' Porphyry Cu K-Ar 63.340.5...deposition of porphyry copper ores, Globe-Miami district. Arizona: Economic Geology, v. 75, p. 830-844
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-oxides in jasperoids from two gold districts in Nevada: characterization, geochemistry, and (U-Th)/He...Fe-oxides in jasperoids from two gold districts in Nevada: characterization, geochemistry, and (U-Th)/He... Fe-oxides in jasperoids from two gold districts in Nevada: characterization, geochemistry, and (U-Th)/He...Golden, CO, USA b Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA c Department...University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA Keywords Jasperoids; Fe-oxide (U-Th)/He chronology
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (issue)
mineralized areas prior to mining, and conditions that result from mining and mineral processing. Other...as climate, and anthropogenic factors (including mining and mineral processing methods) mostly modify the...exploration, and assessment of abandoned mine lands and mine-site remediation. This compilation presents...from mining, mineral processing, and smelting. For example, the environmental signature of a mine site...readily soluble secondary salts associated with mine waste. The "environmental effects" of mineral deposits
Report (issue)
Gold in the Bingham District, Utah By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold in the Butte District, Montana By EDWIN W...Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine County, Nevada By LAURENCE P.JAMES The Tomboy-Minnie...Tomboy-Minnie Gold Deposits at Copper Canyon, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, STEPHEN S. HOWE, and...Gold in the Bingham District, Utah / by Edwin W. looker Gold in the Butte District, Montana / by Edwin...Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine County, Nevada / by Laurence P. James The Tomboy-Minnie
Journal (issue)
Mine-ralNe Vol 15 No. 9 September. 1999 Hanson Aggregates Midwest Flemingsburg, Kentucky Quarry Alan...Collector's Notebook: Midstate Quarry, - Magnet Cove, Arkansas Collecting Trip - Fall 1998, Part 2 I...southwest to the outer southern flank of Magnet Cove and the Midstate Quart)' where altered Mississippian...Hematite rose with jarosite, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, photo by Art Smith. fortunately. most...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com
Book (edition)
associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose...should always ask permission it may be un- or a mine dvmip. Cleanliness around a camp site and removal...recent perhaps because of the decline in placer mining for gold in made dis- faces helps to distinguish...Lincoln Co. Todd's Branch, Mecklenberg Co. Portis mine, Franklin Co. Muddy Creek headwaters, McDowell
Report (volume)
(B)'Tungsten deposits of the Nightingale district, Per­ shing County, Nev., by W. C. Smith and P. W. 39 Guild...1 (C) Topaz deposits near the Brewer mine, Chesterfield County, S. C., by Carl Fries, Jr. (published...quicksilver deposits of the Del Puerto area, Stanislaus County, Calif., by H. E. Hawkes, Jr., F. G. Wells, and...111 (F) Quicksilver deposits of the Parkfield district, Calif., by E. H. Bailey (published in November...Quicksilver deposits near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Ark., by David Gallagher (published in October
 
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