Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSilver City Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Pyrite, Silver
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1875
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10043942
MRDS IDM231250
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.25851, -119.6435
References
STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNITES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, UNIV. NEV. BULL, VOL. 30, NO. 9.STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.