Mine detail: South Comstock Mine

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Location: Lyon County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.25851, -119.6435
dep_id: 10043942
mrds_id: M231250
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Pyrite, Silver
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
ore_ctrl: Silver City Fault
Reporter: Flynn, Patricia Dodd
hrock_unit: Alta Andesite
hrock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1875
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1870
References:
  • Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNITES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49
  • Deposit:: GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, UNIV. NEV. BULL, VOL. 30, NO. 9.
  • Production:: STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.
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