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Utah Shaft

Past Producer in Storey 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043944
MRDS ID M231253
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.641, 39.32768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1826
Relative position JUST N. OF VIRGINIA CITY

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 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SEVEN-MILE CANYON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = VIRGINIA CITY (1967) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.641, 39.32768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Comstock Lode

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1859
Year of first production 1868

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • MOST ATTEMPTS AT EXPLORATION FAILED TO DISCOVER ANY RICH ORE. PRODUCTION WAS FROM SCATTERED LOW-GRADE MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, 1:24000

  • Deposit

    W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-418 INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.

  • Production

    WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/COMSTOCK LODE
Deposit CLAIM WAS FIRST LOCATED IN 1859, WORK BEGAN IN 1868 MOST ATTEMPTS AT EXPLORATION FOR RICH ORE FAILED, ENCOUNTERING ONLY SCATTERED LOW-GRADE MATERIAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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