Commodities
PrimarySilver
TertiaryIron, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typevein, stockwork, breccia
Model150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formtabular
Ore controlSilver City Fault zone
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Silver, Electrum, Pyrite, Argentite, Ankerite, Quartz
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockAndesite,Rhyolite · Alta Formation
Associated rockMetasedimentary Rock
Structureblock faulting; Silver City Fault
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1871-2004, intermittently
First production1871
Last production2004
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10310466
MRDS IDRE00291
Alternate namesBilly the Kid Pit, Billie the Kid Mine, BTK pit, BTK deposit, Lucerne pits, Lucerne Dump Project, Lucerne Deposit, part of South Comstock Gold Project, part of Oliver Hills (Haywood-Santiago), Silver City Lode Deposit, part of South Comstock Joint Venture
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.26657, -119.651
References
Becker, G.F., 1882, Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District: USGS Monograph 3.USGS Staff, 1888, Map of the Washoe District (showing mining claims): Plate III.Gianella, V.P., 1936, Geology of the Silver City District and the southern portion of the Comstock Lode, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 29, Vol. 30, No. 9.Burgoyne, A.A., 1993, Rea Gold Corp. Operating Plan Summary for South Comstock Joint Venture: Unpublished Letter."Comstock Drilling Extends Lucerne," The Northern Miner, May 24, 1993, p. 10.Goldspring, Inc. news release, 9/24/2003.State Writer's Project, 1940-41, Individual Histories of the mines of the Comstock; Unpublished Open-File Report, Nev. Bur. Mines & Geol.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., And Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant Deposits of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206a, 33 p.; 98-206b, one 3.5 inch diskette.NDOM Staff, 1988, Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active During Calendar Year 1987: Nevada Division Of Mine Inspection, 84 p.Stoddard, C., and Carpenter, J.A., 1950, Mineral Resources of Storey and Lyon Counties, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 49.website: http://goldspring.us/p-billie.htm