The Utah Shaft is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,991 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,991 Feet (1,826 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.32778, -119.64000
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Utah Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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: 1868
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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 Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): IN SEVEN-MILE CANYON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = VIRGINIA CITY (1967) 1:24000
Comment (Development): MOST ATTEMPTS AT EXPLORATION FAILED TO DISCOVER ANY RICH ORE. PRODUCTION WAS FROM SCATTERED LOW-GRADE MATERIAL
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/COMSTOCK LODE
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM WAS FIRST LOCATED IN 1859, WORK BEGAN IN 1868 MOST ATTEMPTS AT EXPLORATION FOR RICH ORE FAILED, ENCOUNTERING ONLY SCATTERED LOW-GRADE MATERIAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, 1:24000
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-418 INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL.
Reference (Production): WPA STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-1941
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.
