Mine detail: Baltimore Shaft

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.27796, -119.66933

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Argentite, Gold
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1859

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1873

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSM231203
DEP10043902
Reference{Deposit:: USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV., 1:24000}{Deposit:: WPA STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL OPEN FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: BASTIN, E. S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE; VIRGINIA CITY, NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL. 735-C, P. 41-65.}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd