Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryCopper, Lead
TertiaryZinc, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlComstock Fault, Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Stephanite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
StructureRegional Dip To West And Northwest, Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1864
Discovery year1859
Identification
Deposit ID10043914
MRDS IDM231216
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.29573, -119.666
References
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950 MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NVMG BULL. 49BONHAM, H.F, 1969 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORTBASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEV; USGS, BULL 735-C, P. 41-63.STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950