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Quartzite from
Cove Mine, McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Quartzite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cove Mine, McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1550643
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1550643:8
GUID (UUID V4):d8c47874-3daf-44b8-a440-1c9f7c1900d5
Nearest other occurrences of Quartzite
3.2km (2.0 miles) McCoy mine (Uhalde mine; New World mine; Childress mine; Nevada Iron Mines mine), McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) Independence mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) Nevada-Omaha prospect, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) Eldorado mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) Western Lock mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
23.1km (14.4 miles) Fortitude mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) Buffalo Valley Molybdenum Prospect, Lander County, Nevada, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) Black Eagle mine, Jersey Mining District (Jersey Valley Mining District), Lander County, Nevada, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) Buzzard mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) Black Eagle mines, Jersey Mining District (Jersey Valley Mining District), Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
CIRCULAR 10 THE McCOY MINING DISTRICT AND GOLD VEINS IN HORSE CANYON LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA Papers by F...CIRCULAR 10 THE McCOY MINING DISTRICT AND GOLD VEINS IN HORSE CANYON LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA Papers by F...Washington 1934 F'7V6 Contents Page The McCoy mining district Introduction Location and topography Geology...Mines and prospects Gold Dome mine nig Four mine McCoy Consolidated mine McCoy-Strong lease Dewitt lease...10 12 13 Illustrations Figure 1. View of McCoy district, showing mines, Fish Creek Mountains, and topography
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
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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
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Mineralization at the Lone Tree Mine, Battle Mountain District, Nevada Elizabeth A. Holley,1,† Justin...Michael J. Pribil3 1Department 2Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois...in the northern Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada. Prior to mine closure in 2006, Santa Fe Pacific...reported for Eocene porphyry systems elsewhere in the district. Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry analyses...Lone Tree gold deposit is located in Humboldt County, Nevada, approximately 55 km southeast of Winnemucca
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Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 of Geological Sciences and...Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver... m 2k 6 8 km OR ID CA NV Jensen J Indian Cove Cov ov Salt Lake City 0 km? western limit of Neoproterozoic...Federal No. 1-10 Jake Pioche Pioch och Baseline USA Canyon 1-30 ME-4 Hi-Lo sedime UE15d nt tran sport...stratigraphic correlations for eastern Nevada, western Utah, and southern Nevada-southeastern California (Death
Report (issue)
PEAK AND ADJACENT QUADRANGLES, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, AND BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH BY David M. Miller and Andrew...north-trending Pilot Range is located along the Nevada-Utah border about 80 km (50 mi) south of Idaho...southward from the Pilot Range throughout most of Nevada (Fig. 1). Northward and northwestward from the...Pilot Range the typical basin-range topography of Nevada is subdued in a regional highland that contains...particularly well developed on the Prospect Mountain Quartzite. One unusually large talus slope leading into
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Post-Eocene Extension in the Northern Shoshone Range, Nevada, and Its Implications for the Structural Setting...80225 2 Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Mail Stop 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 3...northern Shoshone and Toiyabe Ranges in north-central Nevada expose numerous areas of mineralized Paleozoic...as undivided welded tuff, includes the tuff of Cove mine (34.4 Ma) and unit B of the Bates Mountain Tuff...Introduction Carlin-type gold deposits in north-central Nevada (Fig. 1) are presently one of the world’s most
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geology of the deposits, with consideration of mining methods and exploration, and estimates ofreserves...geology of the deposits, with consideration of mining methods and exploration, and estimates of reserves..._-_-_-________ Mountain Pass district, California..-____-.-_.._______ Central district, Missouri.._________________________..._________________________ Hansonburg district, New Mexico___________________ Kings Creek district, South Carolina.._______________..._______________ Del Rio district, Tennessee....____...-_.____.__.___ Middle Tennessee district __--__-__-_--_-_-_____
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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)
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
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Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...in outcrops of the Early Proterozoic Sturgeon Quartzite Formation (Marquette Range Supergroup ), the dominant...dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...small quantities of free gold, as does also the quartzite in their vicinity." However, newspaper clippings...visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting but the rain twice
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 (volume)
sandstone with distinctive phyllitic and pyritic quartzite intervals 5. Gray 6. Range 1500-2100 m 9. Overlies...Highway 49 (Skyway Road) near town of Abel, Cleburne County. Absaroka Supergroup/Volcanic Supergroup U ABRK03...volcanic field, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyo. Academy Church Shale Member (Springer Formation)...W1/2NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4 sec. 1, T. 3 s., R. 2 E., Carter County. Adams Formation ADMS01 1. Holocene 2. Alaska (SE)...Quadrangle, lat 45° N., long 70°50'-55' W., Oxford County. Adamstown Member (Frederick Limestone) U ADMS06
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
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY OF MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH by Lehi F. Hintze and Fitzhugh D. Davis Cover photo: East face of...detailed studies of these resources including mining district and field studies; develops computerized resource...Printed on recycled paper 3/03 Geology of Millard County, Utah iii Frontispiece. Northern House Range...the non-geologist to the rich geology of Millard County, but also to provide professional geologists with...paleontology, and structural geology of the county. Millard County is unique among Utah’s counties in that
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
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...rocks and minerals CIS Limestone and dolomite CIS Quartzite C18 Sand and gravel CIS Assessment of potential...not classified as to deposit type Queen of Sheba mine C33 Resource potential C34 Gold Bond C34 Resource
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)
transgressive marine quartz arenite deposit the Cove Fort Quartzite and basal Leatham equivalent. ii Previous...And A Half Canyon (LMH)............. 84 Mowitza Mine (MWZ).............................. 88 North Gilson...and NEi NW£ sec. 5t T. 30 S., R. 15 W. f Beaver County, Utah..........................0... 60 Measured...sec. 34, T. 9 S., R. 12 W. (unsurveyed) t Tooele County Utah...o.... 65 Measured section at Dog Valley...16 and NEi sec. 21, T. 24 S., R. 6 W., Millard County, Utah.........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OCCURRENCES IN THE UNITED STATES PART 1: ARIZONA, NEVADA, AND NEW MEXICO By MAHGARET COOPEB CONTENTS Page...Bibliography 197 Nevada, and New Mexico 208 3. Index I. Gazetteer for Arizona, Nevada, and 5. Index III... and other radioactive occurrences in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. It represents the first section...for Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico; Index II, Geographical Index for Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico;...Mexico; Index III, Subject Index for Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. The geographical and subject indexes
Report (issue)
History of the Iron Industry in Utah · .1 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Beaver Lake Mountains... .2 . . . . . . . . . . .2 Black Rock mine . . . Skylark mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . · .. 4 Creole mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · .. 4 Cave mine . . . . . . . . . ... 4 Iron mine . . . . . . ......... . . 10 Star Range deposits . . . . . .10 Copper King mine .10 Rocky...Rocky Range deposits . . . .10 Old Hickory mine . . . . · . 11 Montreal magnetite-copper property . . .
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decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and...chemical properties of sulfur, the geology and mining operations of the salt-dome sulfur deposits, the...sulfur by superheated water through wells at Sulphur mine, Louisiana, are fully detailed. Exploration and...Swager, W. L. , and Sullivan, J. D. , 1951, Sulphur: Mining Engineering, vol. 3. , pp. 403409. The history
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barite deposits such as Silvermines, Meggen or the Nevada deposits, little effort has been made in the literature...British Columbia and the Yukon Territory), 25 in Nevada, 9 in Alaska, and 7 deposits are listed in Texas...slate, tuff and volcanoclastic rocks, sandstone, quartzite, greenstone, phyllite, and/or schist. The host...occur as essentially monomineralic deposits, as in Nevada (Papke, 1984), or be peripheral, or laterally gradational...Kara-gaili in eastern Kazakhstan and in the Kara Kala district in Turkmen (Brobst, 1970). In Asia, additional
 
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