South Comstock Mine

The South Comstock Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,240 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: South Comstock Mine
Secondary: Comstock Project
Secondary: South Comstock Mine Comstock Proj

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: South Comstock Joint Venture
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Mastermines Corp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Rea Gold Corp.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 - 1996

Owner Name: Bmr Gold Corp.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1995 - 1996

Owner Name: Bmr Gold Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1996 -

Production

Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 4860 T Oz Au
Year: 1993
Description: Phase I Hl Pad 300000 St Ore
Year: 1994
Description: Silver Production 54400 T Oz Ag
Year: 1996
Description: Phase 2 Hl Pad And Mc (Est) 3000000 St Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1859
Discovery Year: 1850
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS LOCATED 3 KM SOUTH OF VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA. JUST NORTH OF THE STOREY/LYON COUNTY BOUNDRY LINE. RE-DEVELOPMENT OF A MINE TO BEGAN IN AUG., 93; PHASE I AT 2041 MT/D OP MINE, @ 40,000 OZ AU/YR HEAP LEACH. HEAD GRADES OF 2.4G/T AU; 24G/T AG: COST US$2.5M, (REA GOLD CORP.) PHASE 2: NEW 81,647 MT PROCESSING FACILITY TO HANDLE 3.6MT/Y AT 1.7G/T. ALL ORE FROM THE LUCERNE PIT OF PHASE I. CONTINUE DRILLING DOWN DIP OF LECERNE PIT. THIS DRILLING CONFIRMED HIGHER GRADES IN THE SOUTH STARTER ZONE OPEN PIT. AN EASTWARD EXTENSION OF THE LUCERNE ORE BODY. PHASE 2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BILLY THE KID PROCESSING PLANT BEGINING IN 1995, CAP OF 1.2M ST/Y, IT WILL PROCESS ORE FROM THE LUCERNE AND BTK PITS. THE RE-ACTIVATED OLIVER HILLS HL FACILITY (NEAR MOUNDHOUSE) & MC PLANT WILL PROCESS 300,000 ST ORE IN THE FIRST YEAR (1993)

Comment (Geology): THE UNSPECIFIED INTRUSIVES ARE QUARTZ & CALCITE VEINS WHICH ARE THE ORE.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P47.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, P55.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, PP. 232, 233.

Reference (Deposit): MAP LOCATION, VIRGINIA CITY 7.5-MIN, TOPO MAP.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1982 DIRECTORY OF NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDER YEAR 1981, P47.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, V320, #8223, 05/07/93, P330.

Reference (Deposit): MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1993, P359.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, V320, #8227, 06/04/93, P404.

Reference (Deposit): MINING MAGAZINE, V169, #1, JULY, 1993, P50.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, V321, #8234, 07/23/93, P53.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, SEPT., 20, 1993, P3.

Reference (Deposit): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT, JAN., 1994, P11A.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, V106, #1, JAN., 4, 1995, P4.

Reference (Deposit): MAJOR MINES OF NEVADA 1995, MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN NEVADA'S

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMY, THE NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1996, NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPE PUB P-7, P4.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 17, 28.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 47, 201.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P273.

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, PP. 55, 232.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, V320, #8223, 02/26/93, P145.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P352.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P201.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

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.