The South Comstock Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.25861, -119.64250
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South Comstock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Comstock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1870
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: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Development): CLAIMS MINED BY MANY OWNERS SINCE 1870'S. MCTIGUE MILL ERECTED ON ONE OF THE CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/SILVER CITY FAULT ZONE
Comment (Deposit): THIS CLAIM CONSISTS OF THE PIEDMONT, SILVER CITY, CROMER, TABLE MOUNTAIN AND OTHER CLAIMS. THESE CLAIMS WERE MINED BY MANY OWNERS SINCE THE 1870'S, AND THE METIQUE MILL WAS BUILT ON THE CLAIMS TO RECEIVE ORE FROM THE PORTAL OF A TUNNEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNITES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49
Reference (Deposit): GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, UNIV. NEV. BULL, VOL. 30, NO. 9.
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.
