Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formFISSURES
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1895
Last production1935
Identification
Deposit ID10012595
MRDS IDD008291
Alternate namesClaims Patented In 1905 and 1906: Cora Gibson, Memphis: Memphis Group Patented In 1906, Cora Gibson No. 2, Tenessee, Comstock, Sheba, Mamouth
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.73421, -105.34167
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 88.PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, P. 25SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 63-68CLARK, K.F., 1968 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 63, P. 553-566CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, PLATE 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATASCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 67SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 66