| Deposit ID | 10043938 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231246 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Savage Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.65017, 39.3049 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1871 |
| Relative position | DOWNTOWN VIRGINIA CITY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Storey |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 017N | 021E | 29 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| 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) | -119.65017, 39.3049 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North Trending Anticline; Regional Dips To W Or Nw |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1859 |
| Year of first production | 1863 |
| District name | Comstock Lode |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Consolidated Gould, Chollar And Savage Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Consolidated Gould, Chollar And Savage Mining Co |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231246 |
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49
BONHAM, H.F., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70
BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA; USGS. BULL 735-C
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. AND CARPENTER. J.A., 1950
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN/COMSTOCK FAULT |
| Deposit | A BONANZA STRIKE IN THE COMSTOCK LODE, THE SHALLOW RICH ORE WAS WORKED OUT BY 1886, AND CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS EXTENDING FROM THE COMBINATION SHAFT AT GREAT DEPTHS FOUND NO NEW ORE LODES. ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1859 LATER PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSOLIDATED GOULD, CHOLLAR AND SAVAGE MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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