Consolidated Virginia Mine

The Consolidated Virginia Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Consolidated Virginia Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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

Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West & Northwest

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): IN 1972 THE FAMOUS "BIG BONANZA" WAS DISCOVERED AT THE 1200-FT LEVEL IN THE CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA MINE RICH ORE IN GREAT QUANTITY WAS FOUND 700 FEET OUT IN THE HANGING-WALL TERRITORY IN A NORTHEAST-TRENDING FISSURE THAT STOOD VERTICALLY WITH ITS ROOTS IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE MAIN LODE. IN THE EARLY 1900'S RICH STOPES WERE DISCOVERED FROM THE 1750-FT LEVEL TO THE 2350-FT LEVEL. PRODUCTION DROPPED OFF SHARPLY BELOW THE 2450-FT LEVEL. SOME MINING CONTINUED THROUGH THE 1940'S

Comment (Development): IN 1872, THE "BIG BONANZA" WAS DISCOVERED AT THE 1200 FT. LEVEL OF THE CON-VIRGINIA MINE. MORE RICH OREBODIES WERE STOPED IN THE EARLY 1900'S. SOME MINING CONTINUED THROUGH THE 1940'S

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FISSURE-FILLING

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comment (Location): BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND BEST AND BELCHER MINES

References

Reference (Deposit): STODOLARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAN, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NVMG BULL 70.

Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA; USGS BULL 735-C.

Reference (Deposit): WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED NEV BUR MINES OPEN FILE REPORT.

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.