Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
TertiaryIron, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Electrum, Pyrite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite
StructureSilver City Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1873
Discovery year1859
Identification
Deposit ID10043941
MRDS IDM231249
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.27296, -119.64739
References
GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; UNIV. 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 VOL. 30, NO. 9WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV.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.GIANELLA, V.P., 1936.