| Deposit ID | 10043933 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231238 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Occidental Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.62878, 39.19657 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1820 |
| Relative position | 1 1/2 MILES E. OF GOLD HILL |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lyon(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
New Empire(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Storey |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 016N | 021E | 04 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Alta Andesite | ||||||
| Rock description | Alta Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -119.62878, 39.19657 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Regional Dip To West And Northwest |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1866 |
| Year of first production | 1866 |
| District name | Comstock Lode |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231238 |
STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49
WPA. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK, UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN THE 1860'S A 900-FT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN INT HE OCCIDENTAL CLAIM. A FAIRLY LARGE TONNAGE OF ORE WAS STOPED FROM ABOVE THIS TUNNEL AND FROM WINZES. IN 1870 A TUNNEL 400 FEET LOWER ENCOUNTERED ORE, BUT THIS LOWER DEPTH YIELDED LITTLE ORE. THERE WAS REPORTED FROM 1866 TO 1894 A PRODUCTION OF $400,000 FROM NEARLY 40,000 TONS OF ORE. SINCE THAT TIME LEASERS HAVE WORKED THE MINE. TOTAL PRODUCTION 1868-1894 WAS 25798 TONS ORE AVERAGING $17.08 PER TON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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