The C & C Shaft is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.31111, -119.64306
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C & C Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C & C Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode
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
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1873
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pervasive Silicification; Propylitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): TAPPED THE "BIG BONANZA" ORES IN 1872 ON THE CON-VIRGINIA CLAIM; LETER (EARLY 1900'S) IT WAS USED IN DEWATERING OF THE OLD SHAFTS TO REWORK MARGINAL ORE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): TAPPED THE "BIG BONANZA" ORES IN 1872, ON THE CON.-VIRGINIA CLAIM-LATER (EARLY 1900'S) IT WAS USED IN "DEWATERING" OF OLD SHAFTS TO REWORK MARGINAL ORES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WAS LISTED WITH THAT OF THE CON-VIRGINIA
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1872 OR BEFORE
References
Reference (Deposit): GIANELLA, V. P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 9.
Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E. S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.; U.S.G.S. BULL. 735-C, P. 43-63
Reference (Production): GIANELLIA, V. P., 1936
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.
