Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSilver City Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Pyrite, Silver
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1860
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10103937
MRDS IDM231251
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.27129, -119.64378
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; UNIV. NEV. BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 9