The Monte Cristo Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Monte Cristo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Comstock Monte Cristo Mining Co.
Years: 1913 - 1914
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1879
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON THE MONTE CRISTO CLAIM THERE IS A BOLD OUTCROP OF NEARLY BARREN REDDISH VEIN QUARTZ. AN INCLINED SHAFT SUNK ON THIS VEIN ENCOUNTED FAVORABLE ORE, AND BETWEEN 1879 AND 1890 A PRODUCTION OF 9726 TONS YIELDING $9.80/TON WAS RECORDED. IN 1913 AND 1914 THE MINE WAS OPERATED AS THE COMSTOCK MONTE CRISTO MINING COMPANY, TRANSPORTING THE ORE OVER AN AERIAL TRAMWAY TO THE MELLCAN MILL. A TOTAL OF OVER 50,000 TONS WAS REPORTED AS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): 1879-1890 SAW SOME PRODUCTION, WITH MORE IN 1913-1914
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49
Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.; USGS. BULL 735-C, P 41-63
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK
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.
