The Imperial Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.29389, -119.64528
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Imperial Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Imperial Mine
Secondary: Little Gold Hill Mines
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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, V-SHAPED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Regional Dips To West And Northwest
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF ORE IN PLACE IN THE COMSTOCK LODE WAS FREE-MILLING GOLD ORE ON A GROUP OF NARROW CLAIMS AT GOLD HILL. THE DEPOSIT IS Y-SHAPED WITH THE ORE OCCURRING ON THE HANGING WALL. THE FOOTWALL IS COMPOSED OF BARREN QUARTZ. ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1859. CURRENTLY, PART OF LARGE OPEN-PIT MINE OPERATED BY HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF ORE IN-PLACE ON THE COMSTOCK LODE. DEPOSIT IS NOW PART OF THE LARGE OPEN-PIT OPERATION OF HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN HANGING WALL WITH BARREN QUARTZ FOOTWALL
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, SHAFTS, DRIFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN FILE REPORT - NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
Reference (Production): STODDARD, C.A., 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.
