The Comstock Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,681 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,681 Feet (2,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.62306, -111.54139
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Comstock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Comstock Mine
Secondary: Silver King Coalition Group
Secondary: United Park City Mines
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
District: Park City 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: United Park City Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Iron Hollow Syncline
Type: L
Description: Comstock-Massachusetts Fault, Striking East-Northeast, And Dipping To The Southeast
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): PROSPECTING STARTED IN THE 1880'S AFTER ORE WAS HIT ON CRESCENT RIDGE. COMSTOCK MINING CO. WAS ORGANIZED IN 1882 IN LONDON. PROPERTY WAS ESPECIALLY ACTIVE IN 1890, 1893, 1894, AND 1895 WHEN A GOOD ORE BODY WAS STRUCK. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1901 AND THE PROPERTY ACTIVE UNTILABOUT 1908 WHEN IT WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE SILVER KING CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. PROPERTY WAS LATER CONSOLIDATED WITH UNITED PARK CITY MINES CO. IN 1953
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN FRACTURES LOCATED IN BOTH THE HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL, OF A DIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE LYING WITHIN THE EAST-NORTHEAST STRIKING MASSACHUSETTS-COMSTOCK FAULT. ORE OCCURS IN TWO WELL DEFINED SHOOTS ALONG THESE STRUCTURES, MOSTLY IN THE HANGING WALL BRECCIA ZONE. ONE OF THE SHOOTS BIFRUCATES
Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL IS LOCATED 400 FT NE OF THE SHAFT. MAIN TUNNEL EXTENDS FOR 2000 FT TO THE SOUTHWEST. MAIN SHAFT IS AT LEAST 450 FT DEEP WITH A MAIN LEVEL AT 250 FT AND 2500 TO 3000 FT OF WORKINGS AN INCLINED RAISE CONNECTS THE TUNNEL AND MAIN LEVEL, WITHIN ORE, AND HAS THREE SHORT INTERMIATE LEVELS WITHIN ORE
Comment (Geology): COMSTOCK-MASSACHUSETTS FAULT APPEARS TO BE A REVERSE FAULT IN SOME LOCATIONS
Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES GIVEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77, 231 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITOR), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHER, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111, 672 PP.
Reference (Deposit): BARNES, M.P., AND SIMOS, J.S., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT WITH A CONTRIBUTION ON THE MAYFLOWER LODE, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: AM. INST. METALL. ENG., V.II, P. 1102
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