The Ramsey Comstock Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.46694, -119.38083
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Ramsey Comstock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ramsey Comstock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Ramsey District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): $16,734 FROM 224 TONS OF ORE IN 1933-34; $19,157 FROM 3,371 TONS OF ORE IN 1936. ORE OCCURS IN AN EAST-TRENDING SILICIFIED FRACTURE ZONE 40 FEET WIDE. MOST OF THE GOLD PRODUCTION WAS FROM CROSS FRACTURES WITHIN THIS VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JAMES G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV. NBMG BULL. 75
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEV (1950) NBMG BULL 49
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
