Bullion Mine

The Bullion Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,289 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bullion Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1859
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

Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West And Northwest

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

Rocks

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

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): FIRST WORKED IN 1862 WITH WORK CONTINUING THROUGH 1879 IN LOW. GRADE MATERIAL. BETTER GRADE WAS MET IN 1880, BUT DRIFTING ENCOUNTERED NO ORE FROM 1885-1895. SUBSEQUENT SPORADIC WORK FOUND NO ORE.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS

Comment (Location): BETWEEN EXCHEQUER AND POTOSI CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS PART OF THE MIDDLE GROUP OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, A TRIANGULAR GROUP OF ORE DEPOSITS ATTRIBUTED TO INTERSECTING CROSS VEINS OR FISSURES. STAKER IN 1859, FIRST WORK DONE IN 1862. WORK CONTINUED THROUGH 1879 WITH NORTHING BUT "LOW ASSAY" MATERIAL ENCOUNTERED. BETTER GRADE WAS HIT IN 1880, BUT DRIFTING ENCOUNTERED NO ORE FROM 1885 TO 1895. SUBSEQUENT SPORADIC WORK FOUND NO ORE. THERE IS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THIS PROPERTY

References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70

Reference (Deposit): WPA. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OPEN FILE REPORT.

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.