Mine detail: Challenge and Confidence

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Location: Storey County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.29434, -119.65822
dep_id: 10043910
mrds_id: M231213
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration: Strong Silicification, Sericitization, Propylitization
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Fluids In Open Space Fillings.
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Faults
Reporter: La Pointe, D.D.
hrock_unit: Alta Andesite
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Comstock Fault
Year first produced: 1867
disc_yr: 1859
References:
  • Deposit:: STODDARD., C, AND CARPENTER J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEV; NEV. BUR MINES 49.
  • Deposit:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK NEV BUR MINE & GEOL., OPEN FILE REPORT
  • Deposit:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA, NEV. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 30 NO 9.
  • Production:: STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950
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