The Globe Consolidated Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.28, -119.67694
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Globe Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Globe Consolidated Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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: 1861
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1000 FT N OF ROCK ISLAND CLAIM
Comment (Development): SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1860; LOW-GRADE ORE FOUND. GOOD ORE FOUND IN 1861, 1862, 1864 BUT FLOODING IN 1866 FORCED CLOSURE. REOPENED IN 1871-BUT NO ORE; GOOD ORE FOUND IN 1875. PRODUCTION WAS SMALL AND ERRATIC
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1859. SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1860, ENCOUNTERING SOME LOW-GRADE ORE. GOOD ORE WAS FOUND IN 1861,1862,1864, BUT FLOODING IN 1866 FORCED IT TO CLOSE DOWN. REOPENED IN 1871 WITH ADJOINING CLAIMS ACQUIRED - BUT NOORE FOUND MORE GOOD ORE WAS FOUND IN 1875. PRODUCTION WAS SMALL ANDERRATIC. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, 1:24000
Reference (Deposit): WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK UNPUBLISHED NEV. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT.
Reference (Production): W.P.A. STATE WRITERS' PROJECT, 1940-41.
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.
