Mine detail: Comet Mine

Previously called 'Part of Comet Coalition MinesProbably Includes the Tungsten Comet and Silver Comet Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.89052, -114.61334

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrolusite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1924

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Shale
Structure:	Highland Thrust Plate, Homoclinal Series, N Strike, E Dip

References

MRDS	W016457
DEP	10072156
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO; NEV BUR MINES BULL 73}{Deposit:: WESTGATE LG & KNOPF A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV. USGS PROF PAPER 171}{Deposit:: LEMMON DM, UNPUBLISHED DATA}{Deposit:: LEMMON DM & TWETO O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25}{Deposit:: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, ITEM 3, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY EXAMINTION REPORT.}{Deposit:: BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 26, 1983.}{Deposit:: TRENGOVE, R. R., 1949, USBM R.I. 4541, P. 1-6.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEWSLETTER PUB. CO, RENO, NV.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., EDITOR, 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1330, 1362.}{Deposit:: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1924, 1925,1927.}{Deposit:: 11) NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1914, 1916, 1920.}{Production:: TSCHANTZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970; WESTGATE & KNOPF, 1932}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)