| Deposit ID | 60001649 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002892 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Comstock Lode District |
| Alternate or previous names | Flowery District, Washoe, Gold Hill, Silver Star, Virginia City, Silver City District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.6177, 39.2666 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lyon(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Flowery Peak(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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Storey |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| (1) | -119.6177, 39.2666 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | FAULTING |
| Structure description | LODE IN NORMAL FAULTS 3000 FT DISPLACEMENT, BONANZAS AT INTERSECT. OF NW & NE PRE-ORE FRACTURES AT LODES |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | BLOCK FAULTING; NW AND NE PRE-MINERAL FRACTURES; W OR NW TILTING OF BLOCKS |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1853 |
| Discoverer | Peter O'Riley And Pat Mclaughlin |
| Year of first production | 1859 |
| District name | COMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | FLOWERY DISTRICT |
| District name | SILVER CITY DISTRICT |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | UNION PACIFIC, MINERAL RESOURCES |
| Year | 1968 |
SMITH, G. H. 1943, HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, 1850-1920: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37 NO 3. GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 37, P. 3
LINCOLN, F. C. 1923, MINING DIST. OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 223
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, JA, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COS., NEV.; NEV. UNIV. BULL., V44, NO. 1, GEOLOGY AND MIN. SER. 49, P. 22-30
COATS, RR, 1939, CONTRIBUTION GEOL. COMSTOCK LODE; PHD UNIV. CALIF, MAP COMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT
RICHTHOFEN, FB VON, 1866, THE COMSTOCK LODE, ITS CHARACTER AND PROBABLE MODE OF CONTIN.: PUB BY SUTRO TUNNEL CO., TOWNE AND BACON, PRINTERS
BECKER, G.F., 1882, GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE AND THE WASHOE DIST.: USGS MON. 3
KING, C. 1870, THE COMSTOCK LODE: US GEOL EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL, V. 3, P. 11-96
GIANELLA, V. P., 1936, GEOL. OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEV.: NEV. UNIV. BULL., V. 30 #9, 105P.
BASTIN, ES, 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.: USGS BULL. 735, P. 41-63
CALKINS, FC, 1944, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT, NEV.: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
THOMPSON, GA, 1956, GEOL OF THE VIRGINIA CITY QUAD., NEV.: USGS BULL. 1042-C
BONHAM, H. F. 1969, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEV.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 70, P. 102-107
LINCOLN, FC, 1922, MINING DIST. AND MINERAL RES. NEV.: RENO P
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