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Ramsey Comstock Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043889
MRDS ID M231184
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey Comstock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.38182, 39.46684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF RAMSEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Martin Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 023E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.38182, 39.46684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 50N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ramsey District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • $16,734 FROM 224 TONS OF ORE IN 1933-34; $19,157 FROM 3,371 TONS OF ORE IN 1936. ORE OCCURS IN AN EAST-TRENDING SILICIFIED FRACTURE ZONE 40 FEET WIDE. MOST OF THE GOLD PRODUCTION WAS FROM CROSS FRACTURES WITHIN THIS VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, JAMES G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV. NBMG BULL. 75

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEV (1950) NBMG BULL 49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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