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Comstock

Past Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287113
MAS/MILS ID 0080190022
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.52531, 39.76388 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 073 W 26 NWNE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Tennantite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.52531, 39.76388
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 790430

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Central City

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Comstock
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1974

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1902-1917
    Material ore
    Ore mined 2166.22mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Gold Gold 24882.78g
    Minor Lead Lead 204901.73mt
    Minor Copper Copper 1715.48mt
    Minor Silver Silver 813076.09g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 20-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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