USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Pay Day
Unconfirmed Iron Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Mccoy
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Iron
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Iron Ore, Meck, Turpin
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Alteration: Limestone Converted To Calc-Silicate Skarn Deposit: Igneous contact with iron As magnetite and hematite. Development: Opened by the meek, turpin, and exploration shafts to 70-ft depth. Geology: Hte lode strikes northwest and dips southwe…
Additional documented workings
-
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 70 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 15 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
· depth 70 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: tact with iron As magnetite and hematite. Development: Opened by the meek, turpin, and exploration shafts to 70-ft depth. Geology: Ht…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Hematite
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Iron
- Diorite
View all 13 reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Hematite
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Iron
- Diorite
- Hematite
- Limestone
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Skarn
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (15)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 430547
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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