Baltimore Shaft

The Baltimore Shaft is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Baltimore Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: 1873
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite

Comments

Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT WORK, 1862-1864, SHUT DOWN UNTIL 1873 WHEN ORE WAS HIT; MINED

Comment (Deposit): ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN 1859. DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1862-1864, WHEN THE MINE WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO DEPRESSION. WORK RESUMED IN 1873, AND ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE CLAIM WAS WORKED UNTIL 1888 WHEN IT CLOSED DOWN. ORE BODIES WERE SMALL AND SOON MINED OUT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN; ORE BODIES WERE SMALL AND SOON MINED OUT.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Location): 1/4 MI. ESE OF GLOBE CONSOLIDATED MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL OPEN FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E. S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE; VIRGINIA CITY, NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL. 735-C, P. 41-65.

Reference (Production): BASTIN, E. S., 1922

Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV., 1:24000

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.