Mine detail: Comstock

Previously called 'La Fleur'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.96652, -118.55281

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Specularite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED WITHIN DIKE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Syenite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Republic Graben
Tectonic:Northern Rocky Mountains

References

MRDSM056163
DEP10097185
Reference{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 52.}{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 158.}{Deposit:: PARKER, R.L., AND CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1169, P. 85-86.}{Deposit:: MUTSCHLER, F.E., GRIFFIN, M.E., STEVENS, D.S., AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1985, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS RELATED TO ALKALINE ROCKS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA - AN INTERPRETIVE REVIEW: TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, V. 88, P. 355-377.}
ReporterGreene, Robert, Miller, M.H., Peterson, Jocelyn A.