The Comet Mine is a lead, zinc, and tungsten mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.89056, -114.61250
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Comet Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Comet Mine
Secondary: Part of Comet Coalition Mines
Secondary: Probably Includes the Tungsten Comet and Silver Comet Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District District
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
Owner Name: Comet Mines Co.
Years: 1932 -
Production
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1916-1942
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.79% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Highland Thrust Plate, Homoclinal Series, N Strike, E Dip
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDE ORE AVERAGES: .05-.2 OZ AU, 5-10 OZ AG/TON, 2-4% PB, AND 8-15% ZN. ORE IN 1932 ASSAYED $4/TON IN AU, 5.8 OZ/T AG, 2.8% PB, 0.32% WO3. AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE IN UNOXIDIZED PORTIONS OF THE VEIN IS ABOUT 0.3% WO3, 15% ZN, 4% PB, 0.5% CU, 0.2 OZ/T AU AND 10 OZ/T AG. SAMPLE 1440 CONTAINS 500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 5000 PPM BA, 50 PPM BI, 200 PPM CD, 20000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 200 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN. . ORE IN 1932 ASSAYED $4/TON IN AU, 5.8 OZ/T AG, 2.8% PB, 0.32% WO3. AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE IN UNOXIDIZED PORTIONS OF THE VEIN IS ABOUT 0.3% WO3, 15% ZN, 4% PB, 0.5% CU, 0.2 OZ/T AU AND 10 OZ/T AG. SAMPLE 1440 CONTAINS 500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 5000 PPM BA, 50 PPM BI, 200 PPM CD, 20000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 200 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): FOUR QUARTZ VEINS CROP OUT DISCONTINUOUSLY FOR 1400 FEET. LARGEST IS 1-15 FEET THICK IN THE QUARTZITE, AVERAGES 6 FEET WHERE MINED. ORE SHOOTS GENERALLY IN WIDER PART OF THE VEIN, AND LOCALIZED BY SMALL CHANGES IN ATTITUDE OF THE VEIN WHERE MOVEMENT HAS BRECCIATED THE QUARTZ . A PARALLEL FISSURE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF THE COMET VEIN CONTAINS UP TO 1.4% W03 BUT WAS UNDEVELOPED AS OF 1970. WASTE ROCK ON DUMPS IS PINK, WELL-SORTED, FINE-TO MEDIUM-GRAINED LAMINATED AND/OR MICACEOUS QUARTZITE WITH MINOR REDDISH SILICIFIED SILTSTONE AND SHALE. SOME OXIDIZED PYRITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE ROCKS. MINERALIZED ROCK ON DUMPS CONSISTS OF MASSIVE SUGARY WHITE TO VITREOUS GREY QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL. VEIN CONSISTS OF A SET OF PARALLEL VEINS, GIVING IT A BANDED, FISSURED APPEARANCE. SOME LATE-STAGE VUGGY AND/OR OPEN-CENTERED VEINS AND VEINLETS CUT MORE MASSIVE VITREOUS VEINS. THE VEINS, ESPECIALLY THE IRON-STAINED VUGGY VARIETY, CONTAIN FINE TO COARSE CLOTS AND STRINGERS OF PYRITE,
Comment (Geology): CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, COPPER OXIDES, IN ADDITION TO LESSER BORNITE, CHRYSOCOLLA AND MALACHITE. DARK GREENISH-BROWN CLOTS AND COARSE TABULAR CRYSTALS OF HUEBNERITE-FERBERITE (?) (OR POSSIBLY
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN 1500 TONS OF OXIDIZED ORE, 14,200 TONS OF SULFIDE ORE, AND 141 TONS OF CONCENTRATE. TOTAL W PRODUCTION OVER $400,000. TOTAL ASSAY VALUE REPORTED AT $10/TON (1932), WITH $4 IN AU, 5.8 OZ AG/TON, 2.8% PB, AND .32% W. CUMMULATION PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR AU, AG, CU, PB, AND ZN FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT RECENT ROADWORK AT MINESITE INDICATES RENEWED AND CONTINUING INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. COMET COALITION MINES INCLUDED THE FORLORN HOPE, LOG CABIN, COMET, AND PAN AMERICAN AND SCHODDE MINE PROPERTIES IN 1949.
Comment (Workings): MINE OPENED BY 3 SHAFTS; MOST OF THE WORK DONE FROM THE MAIN SHAFT BETWEEN THE 168 LEVEL AND THE SURFACE. IN 1983, MAIN SHAFT (VERTICAL) HAD HEAD FRAME AND HOIST HOUSE, TRACKS, LARGE DUMPS, MILLSITE DOWNSLOPE FROM SHAFT. ALSO, EXTENSIVE AREA OF BULLDOZER WORK AND DRILLROADS (?) ON W FLANK OF HIGHLAND RANGE E AND NE OF COMET MINE. . IN 1983, MAIN SHAFT (VERTICAL) HAD HEAD FRAME AND HOIST HOUSE, TRACKS, LARGE DUMPS, MILLSITE DOWNSLOPE FROM SHAFT. ALSO, EXTENSIVE AREA OF BULLDOZER WORK AND DRILLROADS (?) ON W FLANK OF HIGHLAND RANGE E AND NE OF COMET MINE.
Comment (Commodity): WOLFRAMITE OCCURS IN PLACES AS HEAVY AGGREGGATES OF COARSE TABULAR CRYSTALS.
Comment (Location): W SIDE OF THE HIGHLAND RANGE, UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1982)
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO; NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R., 1949, USBM R.I. 4541, P. 1-6.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEWSLETTER PUB. CO, RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., EDITOR, 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1330, 1362.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1924, 1925,1927.
Reference (Deposit): 11) NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1914, 1916, 1920.
Reference (Production): TSCHANTZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970; WESTGATE & KNOPF, 1932
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE LG & KNOPF A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV. USGS PROF PAPER 171
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON DM, UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON DM & TWETO O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, ITEM 3, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY EXAMINTION REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 26, 1983.
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.
