Mine detail: Knickerbocker Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.28129, -119.66572

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: 1860

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Haywood-Oest Fault

References

MRDSM231230
DEP10043925
Reference{Deposit:: USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, 1:24000}{Deposit:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK, UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Production:: W.P.A. STATE WRITE* PROJECT, 1940-1941.}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia Dodd