Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formV-SHAPED TO TABULAR
Ore controlFaults
Materials
Ore mineralsElectrum, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
StructureRegional Dip To West And Northwest, Faults
AlterationOxidation, Propylitization, Pyritizationsilicification Of Sutro Tuffs, Sericitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1866
Discovery year1859
Identification
Deposit ID10043935
MRDS IDM231242
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.28684, -119.65128
References
STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYNN COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 70GIANELLA, 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 VOL. 30 NO. 9WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41 INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950