Comstock Silver

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258820
MAS/MILS ID 0040150438
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock Silver
Alternate or previous names Schooting Star, Infallible - Indian Boy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.1047, 35.31752 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022 N 017 W 04 SESESE Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.1047, 35.31752

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Andy Goodwell Estate
    Year 1940
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bob Fitzsimmons
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWNERSHIP LISTED ABOVE APPLIES TO SHOOTING STAR MINE

  • Deposit

    HOUSEHOLDER'S CERBAT RANGE MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR SHOOTING STAR MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    MALACH,R; MOHAVE CO.MINES,1977,P59

  • Deposit

    EVAL OF MIN RES OF HUALAPAI INDIANS,VOL.I,1964,P307-309

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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