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Knickerbocker Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043925
MRDS ID M231230
Record type Site
Current site name Knickerbocker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.66572, 39.28129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780

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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 021E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.66572, 39.28129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Haywood-Oest Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1859
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ORE FOUND IN 1860, BUT FLOODING FORCED CLOSURE IN 1864. WORKED AGAIN FROM 1871-1877, WHEN FLOODING AGAIN FORCED CLOSURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, 1:24000

  • Deposit

    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 AND GEOL.

  • Production

    W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM WAS FIRST LOCATED IN 1859. ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN 1860, BUT FLOODING FORCED CLOSURE IN 1864; THE MINE REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN 1866. WORK WAS RESUMED IN 1871 AND WORK CONTINUED UNTIL 1877, WHEN FLOODING AGAIN FORCED CLOSURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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