| Deposit ID | 10043942 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231250 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | South Comstock Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.6435, 39.25851 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1597 |
| Relative position | N. SIDE OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lyon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 016N | 021E | 08 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Alta Andesite | ||||||
| Rock description | Alta Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -119.6435, 39.25851 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Comstock Lode |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231250 |
STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNITES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49
GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, UNIV. NEV. BULL, VOL. 30, NO. 9.
STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN/SILVER CITY FAULT ZONE |
| Deposit | THIS CLAIM CONSISTS OF THE PIEDMONT, SILVER CITY, CROMER, TABLE MOUNTAIN AND OTHER CLAIMS. THESE CLAIMS WERE MINED BY MANY OWNERS SINCE THE 1870'S, AND THE METIQUE MILL WAS BUILT ON THE CLAIMS TO RECEIVE ORE FROM THE PORTAL OF A TUNNEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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