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Comstock Claim

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103599
MRDS ID M035553
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13955, 38.02271 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 8 MI. EAST OF BASALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 034E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SINGLE PROSPECT SE 1/4 SECTION 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13955, 38.02271
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SML. AMTS. SCHEELITE WIDESPREAD IN 20 - 60 FT. WIDE BANDS OF TACTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1962

Mining district

District name Basalt

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED TO THE MINERAL REDUCTION CO. MILL AT BENTON. WO3 CONTENT WAS NEGLIGIBLE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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