Mine detail: Comstock Lode District

Previously called 'Virginia CitySilver StarGold HillWashoeFlowery DistrictSilver City District'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.2666, -119.6177

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper
Discovery year: 1853

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LODE (SHEAR)
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1859

Geology

Structure:LODE IN NORMAL FAULTS 3000 FT DISPLACEMENT, BONANZAS AT INTERSECT. OF NW & NE PRE-ORE FRACTURES AT LODES, BLOCK FAULTING; NW AND NE PRE-MINERAL FRACTURES; W OR NW TILTING OF BLOCKS
Alteration processes:HYDROTHERMAL (STILL ACTIVE); SOME OXIDE ORE

References

MRDSW002892
DEP60001649
Reference{Deposit:: SMITH, G. H. 1943, HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, 1850-1920: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37 NO 3. GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 37, P. 3}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C. 1923, MINING DIST. OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 223}{Deposit:: STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, JA, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COS., NEV.; NEV. UNIV. BULL., V44, NO. 1, GEOLOGY AND MIN. SER. 49, P. 22-30}{Deposit:: COATS, RR, 1939, CONTRIBUTION GEOL. COMSTOCK LODE; PHD UNIV. CALIF, MAP COMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT}{Deposit:: RICHTHOFEN, FB VON, 1866, THE COMSTOCK LODE, ITS CHARACTER AND PROBABLE MODE OF CONTIN.: PUB BY SUTRO TUNNEL CO., TOWNE AND BACON, PRINTERS}{Deposit:: BECKER, G.F., 1882, GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE AND THE WASHOE DIST.: USGS MON. 3}{Deposit:: KING, C. 1870, THE COMSTOCK LODE: US GEOL EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL, V. 3, P. 11-96}{Deposit:: GIANELLA, V. P., 1936, GEOL. OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEV.: NEV. UNIV. BULL., V. 30 #9, 105P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, AH AND BERGENDAHL, MH, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 197-198}{Deposit:: BASTIN, ES, 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.: USGS BULL. 735, P. 41-63}{Deposit:: CALKINS, FC, 1944, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT, NEV.: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: THOMPSON, GA, 1956, GEOL OF THE VIRGINIA CITY QUAD., NEV.: USGS BULL. 1042-C}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H. F. 1969, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEV.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 70, P. 102-107}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, FC, 1922, MINING DIST. AND MINERAL RES. NEV.: RENO P}