The Knickerbocker Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.28139, -119.66472
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Knickerbocker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Knickerbocker 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: 1860
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
Type: L
Description: Haywood-Oest Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM WAS FIRST LOCATED IN 1859. ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN 1860, BUT FLOODING FORCED CLOSURE IN 1864; THE MINE REMAINED CLOSED DUE TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN 1866. WORK WAS RESUMED IN 1871 AND WORK CONTINUED UNTIL 1877, WHEN FLOODING AGAIN FORCED CLOSURE
Comment (Development): ORE FOUND IN 1860, BUT FLOODING FORCED CLOSURE IN 1864. WORKED AGAIN FROM 1871-1877, WHEN FLOODING AGAIN FORCED CLOSURE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, 1:24000
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK, UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV.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 AND GEOL.
Reference (Production): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941.
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.
