Bullion Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043907
MRDS ID M231210
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.64683, 39.29546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1917

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(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 Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 021E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN EXCHEQUER AND POTOSI CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Alta Andesite
    Rock description Alta Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.64683, 39.29546

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional Dip To West And Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1859

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED IN 1862 WITH WORK CONTINUING THROUGH 1879 IN LOW. GRADE MATERIAL. BETTER GRADE WAS MET IN 1880, BUT DRIFTING ENCOUNTERED NO ORE FROM 1885-1895. SUBSEQUENT SPORADIC WORK FOUND NO ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70

  • Deposit

    WPA. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OPEN FILE REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE IS PART OF THE MIDDLE GROUP OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, A TRIANGULAR GROUP OF ORE DEPOSITS ATTRIBUTED TO INTERSECTING CROSS VEINS OR FISSURES. STAKER IN 1859, FIRST WORK DONE IN 1862. WORK CONTINUED THROUGH 1879 WITH NORTHING BUT "LOW ASSAY" MATERIAL ENCOUNTERED. BETTER GRADE WAS HIT IN 1880, BUT DRIFTING ENCOUNTERED NO ORE FROM 1885 TO 1895. SUBSEQUENT SPORADIC WORK FOUND NO ORE. THERE IS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THIS PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.