The Justice Shaft is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.27472, -119.65556
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Justice Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Justice Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: 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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
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: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE JUSTICE CLAIM HAD A SHAFT 1200 FEET DEEP BY 1879. ORE PRODUCTION FROM THE 100-FT TO THE 1000-FT LEVELS WAS 183,000 TONS WITH A VALUE OF $3,500,000 DOLLARS. ABOUT ONE-TENTH AS MUCH WAS PRODUCED IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AND AN ADDITIONAL FEW THOUSANDS BY LEASERS IN 1922-1924. TOTAL PRODUCTION 1873-1879 WAS 206,177 TONS OF ORE OVERAGING $19.07 PER TON. 1922-1924; 3810 TONS, AVERAGING ABOUT $12 PERTON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 1873-1879 WAS 206,177 TONS ORE AVERAGING $19.07/TON. 1922-1924 PRODUCTION WAS 3810 TONS AVERAGING ABOUT $12/TON. THESE FIGURES INCLUDE SOME COPPER PRODUCTION, TOO. TOTAL VALUE OF THE PRE-1879 PRODUCTION WAS OVER $3,500,000.
Comment (Development): 1922-1924 WORK WAS BY LESSEES
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS
Comment (Location): 1/2 WAY BETWEEN GOLD HILL AND SILVER CITY
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV, 1:24000
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A. 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 1149
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK, UNPUBLISHED OPEN FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
Reference (Production): STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950
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.
