The Savage Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,138 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,138 Feet (1,871 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.305, -119.64917
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Savage Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Savage Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
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
Owner Name: Consolidated Gould, Chollar And Savage Mining Co
Owner Name: Consolidated Gould, Chollar And Savage Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1863
Discovery Year: 1859
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
Type: R
Description: North Trending Anticline; Regional Dips To W Or Nw
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 Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Polybasite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/COMSTOCK FAULT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSS CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): A BONANZA STRIKE IN THE COMSTOCK LODE, THE SHALLOW RICH ORE WAS WORKED OUT BY 1886, AND CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS EXTENDING FROM THE COMBINATION SHAFT AT GREAT DEPTHS FOUND NO NEW ORE LODES. ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1859 LATER PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSOLIDATED GOULD, CHOLLAR AND SAVAGE MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): SHALLOW RICH BONANZA ORE WAS WORKED OUT BY 1886. CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS FAILED TO DISCOVER NEW ORE.
Comment (Location): BETWEEN GOULD & CURRY AND HALE & NORCROSS CLAIMS
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., 1959, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70
Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA; USGS. BULL 735-C
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.
