Mine detail: Comstock Lode District

Previously called 'Virginia CitySilver StarGold HillWashoeFlowery DistrictSilver City District'

Location:	Storey County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	39.2666, -119.6177
dep_id:	60001649
mrds_id:	W002892
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LODE (SHEAR)
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
alteration:	HYDROTHERMAL (STILL ACTIVE); SOME OXIDE ORE
conc_proc:	OXIDATION NEAR SURFACE; SULFIDE REPLACEMENT
ore_ctrl:	POST MIOCENE NORMAL FAULTING; ORE DEPOSITED ALONG VERTICAL FISSURES FROM MAIN FAULT
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
Year first produced:	1859
disc_yr:	1853
discr:	Peter *iley And Pat Mclaughlin
References:	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