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C & C Shaft

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043901
MRDS ID M231202
Record type Site
Current site name C & C Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.64406, 39.31101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1000 FT. EAST OF CON. VIRGINIA SHAFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 021E 29 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pervasive Silicification; Propylitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS LISTED WITH THAT OF THE CON-VIRGINIA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • TAPPED THE "BIG BONANZA" ORES IN 1872 ON THE CON-VIRGINIA CLAIM; LETER (EARLY 1900'S) IT WAS USED IN DEWATERING OF THE OLD SHAFTS TO REWORK MARGINAL ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GIANELLA, V. P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 9.

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E. S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.; U.S.G.S. BULL. 735-C, P. 43-63

  • Production

    GIANELLIA, V. P., 1936

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1872 OR BEFORE
Deposit TAPPED THE "BIG BONANZA" ORES IN 1872, ON THE CON.-VIRGINIA CLAIM-LATER (EARLY 1900'S) IT WAS USED IN "DEWATERING" OF OLD SHAFTS TO REWORK MARGINAL ORES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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