Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults, Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Pyrite, Silver
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
StructureSilver City Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1936
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10043915
MRDS IDM231219
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.26907, -119.65128
References
USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA, 1;24,000GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA, UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL, VOL. 30, NO. 9GIANELLA, V.P., 1936.