| Deposit ID | 10043921 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231225 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Imperial Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Little Gold Hill Mines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.64628, 39.29379 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | GOLD HILL, NEVADA |
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)
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 |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 01N | 021E | 32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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) | -119.64628, 39.29379 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Regional Dips To West And Northwest |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | TABULAR, V-SHAPED |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1859 |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| District name | Comstock Lode |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231225 |
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.
W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN FILE REPORT - NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
STODDARD, C.A., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS IN HANGING WALL WITH BARREN QUARTZ FOOTWALL |
| Deposit | THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF ORE IN PLACE IN THE COMSTOCK LODE WAS FREE-MILLING GOLD ORE ON A GROUP OF NARROW CLAIMS AT GOLD HILL. THE DEPOSIT IS Y-SHAPED WITH THE ORE OCCURRING ON THE HANGING WALL. THE FOOTWALL IS COMPOSED OF BARREN QUARTZ. ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1859. CURRENTLY, PART OF LARGE OPEN-PIT MINE OPERATED BY HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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