Mine detail: Comstock

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.96299, -121.24573

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1870 - 1880

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Fault Strinking N 55 - 65 E
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055747
DEP10103819
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1949, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 147, P. 37 - 56}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 6) LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-34}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.