Comstock Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179166
MRDS ID M057608
MAS/MILS ID 0490430066
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock Mine
Related records 10041809

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.54248, 40.62274 (WGS84)
Elevation 2643
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002 S 004 E 30 NWNENW Utah

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Park City Mines Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK KC MINERALS OF UTAH UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULL 76 P 35

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL JM 1912 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PARK CITY

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT UTAH USGS PROF PAPER 77 230 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references