| Deposit ID | 10043926 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231231 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kossuth Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.63656, 39.25434 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1536 |
| Relative position | 3/4 MILE SOUTH 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 | 16 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | 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) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dayton Mines Co |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231231 |
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NBMG BULL 49
GIANELLA, V.P., 1936; GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; UNIV OF NEV BULL VOL 30, NO 9.
STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER J.A., 1950
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS PROPERTY WAS MINED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE DAYTON MINE. IN THE 1870'S A 600 -FT SHAFT WAS SUNK, WITH A HEAVY FLOW OF WATER BELOW THE 200-FT LEVEL. THE DAYTON COMPANY MINED A SMALL TONNAGE ON THE 200-FT LEVEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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