Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSilver City Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10043926
MRDS IDM231231
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.25434, -119.63656
References
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NBMG BULL 49GIANELLA, V.P., 1936; GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; UNIV OF NEV BULL VOL 30, NO 9.STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER J.A., 1950