Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR TO V-SHAPED
Ore controlFaults
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Gold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
StructureRegional Dip To West And Northwest, Faults
AlterationOxidation, Propylitization, Pyritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1859
Identification
Deposit ID10043904
MRDS IDM231204
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.29462, -119.65322
References
STODDARD, CAR., AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49.BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70W.P.A. STATEWRITER'S PROJECT AND NEV. BUREAU OF MINES: INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK, 1940-41 OPEN FILE REPORT, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.BONHAM, H. F., 1969.