The Comstock Mine is a copper mine located in Laramie county, Wyoming.
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Comstock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Comstock Mine
Secondary: Silver Crown District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Laramie
District: Silver Crown District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Good Venture Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Laramie Range
Type: L
Description: Minor Faulting, Shear Zone, Narrow Fault Gouge Zones, Massive Quartz Veins
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: POLISHED SECTION REVEALED MAGNETITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, HEMATITE, COVELLITE, CUPRITE
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Molybdenite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Bornite
Gangue: Covellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Chalcocite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CU, AU AND AG ESTIMATED AT $50 PER TON ORE - 1965 PRICES
Comment (Deposit): NARROW FAULT GOUGE ZONES, EXHIBIT A N 20 E TREND
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARLOADS DURIND 1914-1917.
Comment (Development): 1956, DEWATERED SHAFTS AND DRIFTS AND INSTALLED TRACK, AIR LINES, AND HOIST. SOME ORE WAS MINED BUT INSUFFICIENT QUANTITIES CLOSED OPERATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Larmie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming PR-14, 27 p, 2 pls.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA Docket No. 4921, 1958, 65 p., http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4921_DMEA.pdf
URL: http://minerals.usgs.gov/dockets/scans/wy/dmea/4921_DMEA.pdf
Reference (Production): Klein, Terry, 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the Silver Crown mining district, Larmie County, Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming PR-14, 27 p, 2 pls.
Pages: P. 3.
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