The Comstock is a mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,902 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: 9,902 Feet (3,018 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.98222, -105.58111
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Comstock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Comstock
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Central-Grnd Is
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pandora Metals Inc-Richard Sigismonde
Company ID: 501580
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1911
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINE HAS NEVER PRODUCED IN QUANTITY & IS PRESENTLY OPEN BUT RESERVES ARE FOR COMSTOCK-CARIBOU HILL BELOW PRESENT ORE HOR ONLY SAMPLING ORE HAS BEEN SENT TO SMELTER (AS&R-LEADVILLE) ORE MAY BE DIRECT SHIPPED TO SMELTER-PROPOSED OR MILLED AT M (PROPOSED) ON ADJACENT CARIBOU PROPERTY FOR ANALYSIS ORE BDY WAS SPLIT 50:50 BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERT
References
Reference (Deposit): RICHARD SIGISMONDE-P.O. BOX 957 BOULDER COLO. PH 447-9170
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