Big Comstock Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125262
MAS/MILS ID 0320290116
Record type Site
Current site name Big Comstock Mine
Alternate or previous names Comstock Home Mine & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6352, 39.2821 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 016 N 021 E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SEC 4; T16N; R21E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6352, 39.2821

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rule Resources U. S. A., Inc.
    ID 2601608
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINES INSPECTION, 1983, PERSONAL COMM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-96 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/09/1985
MSHA mine ID2601608
Mine name (MSHA)Big Comstock Mine
Current operatorRule Resources Usa Inc
Current controller (parent)Sundance Gold Ltd
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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