Comstock Mine

Past Producer in Laramie county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081167
MRDS ID W032904
MAS/MILS ID 560210035
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock Mine
Included sites Silver Crown District

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -105.19, 41.178 (WGS84) 10 Southern of 2 shafts shown on topo and confirmed on pl. 1 of Klein (1974, PR-14)
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Main Entrance -105.189, 41.179 (WGS84) 10 Northern of 2 shafts shown on topo and confirmed on pl. 1 of Klein (1974, PR-14)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Laramie(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hecla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cheyenne(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Laramie

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 014N 070W 13 SW of SW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CU, AU AND AG ESTIMATED AT $50 PER TON ORE - 1965 PRICES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Bornite Gangue
Chalcocite Gangue
Covellite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Molybdenite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result POLISHED SECTION REVEALED MAGNETITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, HEMATITE, COVELLITE, CUPRITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.19, 41.178
Main Entrance (2) -105.189, 41.179

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faulting, Shear Zone, Narrow Fault Gouge Zones, Massive Quartz Veins
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laramie Range

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Crown District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Good Venture Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS DURIND 1914-1917.

Comments on development

  • 1956, DEWATERED SHAFTS AND DRIFTS AND INSTALLED TRACK, AIR LINES, AND HOIST. SOME ORE WAS MINED BUT INSUFFICIENT QUANTITIES CLOSED OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Larmie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming PR-14, 27 p, 2 pls.

  • Production

    Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Larmie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming PR-14, 27 p, 2 pls.

  • Deposit

    DMEA Docket No. 4921, 1958, 65 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4921_DMEA.pdf

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW FAULT GOUGE ZONES, EXHIBIT A N 20 E TREND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1984-06-01 Palm, Michael L (Barari, Rachel A.) South Dakota Geological Survey
Editor 2011-08-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560210035 = newMRDS 10230027, merged and deleted. Revised 23-jan-2012.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560210035 = newMRDS 10230027

Beyond USGS

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

External references