The Occidental Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,971 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,971 Feet (1,820 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.19667, -119.62778
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Occidental Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Occidental Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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
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: 1866
Discovery Year: 1866
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: R
Description: Regional Dip To West And Northwest
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
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: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): IN THE 1860'S, A 900-FT. TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN ON THE OCCIDENTAL CLAIM, FROM WHICH A LARGE TONNAGE OF GOOD ORE WAS STOPED. IN 1870, A TUNNEL 400 FT. LOWER ENCOUNTERED LITTLE ORE. LATER WORK WAS BY LESSEES
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): OCCIDENTAL VEIN PARALLELS THE MAIN COMSTOCK LODE, 1 1/2 MILES TO THE EAST
Comment (Deposit): IN THE 1860'S A 900-FT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN INT HE OCCIDENTAL CLAIM. A FAIRLY LARGE TONNAGE OF ORE WAS STOPED FROM ABOVE THIS TUNNEL AND FROM WINZES. IN 1870 A TUNNEL 400 FEET LOWER ENCOUNTERED ORE, BUT THIS LOWER DEPTH YIELDED LITTLE ORE. THERE WAS REPORTED FROM 1866 TO 1894 A PRODUCTION OF $400,000 FROM NEARLY 40,000 TONS OF ORE. SINCE THAT TIME LEASERS HAVE WORKED THE MINE. TOTAL PRODUCTION 1868-1894 WAS 25798 TONS ORE AVERAGING $17.08 PER TON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49
Reference (Deposit): WPA. 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.
