Comstock Lode District

The Comstock Lode District is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada.

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

Name: Comstock Lode District  

State:  Nevada

County:  Storey

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.2667, -119.61670

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Comstock Lode District MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Comstock Lode District
Secondary: Flowery District
Secondary: Washoe
Secondary: Gold Hill
Secondary: Silver Star
Secondary: Virginia City
Secondary: Silver City District


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: SILVER CITY DISTRICT


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: UNION PACIFIC, MINERAL RESOURCES
Info Year: 1968


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: LODE (SHEAR)
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1859
Discovery Year: 1853
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Type: L
Structure: FAULTING
Description: LODE IN NORMAL FAULTS 3000 FT DISPLACEMENT, BONANZAS AT INTERSECT. OF NW & NE PRE-ORE FRACTURES AT LODES

Type: R
Description: BLOCK FAULTING; NW AND NE PRE-MINERAL FRACTURES; W OR NW TILTING OF BLOCKS


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: HYDROTHERMAL
Alteration Text: HYDROTHERMAL (STILL ACTIVE); SOME OXIDE ORE


Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C. 1923, MINING DIST. OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., P. 223

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, JA, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COS., NEV.; NEV. UNIV. BULL., V44, NO. 1, GEOLOGY AND MIN. SER. 49, P. 22-30

Reference (Deposit): COATS, RR, 1939, CONTRIBUTION GEOL. COMSTOCK LODE; PHD UNIV. CALIF, MAP COMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT

Reference (Deposit): RICHTHOFEN, FB VON, 1866, THE COMSTOCK LODE, ITS CHARACTER AND PROBABLE MODE OF CONTIN.: PUB BY SUTRO TUNNEL CO., TOWNE AND BACON, PRINTERS

Reference (Deposit): KING, C. 1870, THE COMSTOCK LODE: US GEOL EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL, V. 3, P. 11-96

Reference (Deposit): BECKER, G.F., 1882, GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE AND THE WASHOE DIST.: USGS MON. 3

Reference (Deposit): GIANELLA, V. P., 1936, GEOL. OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEV.: NEV. UNIV. BULL., V. 30 #9, 105P.

Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, AH AND BERGENDAHL, MH, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 197-198

Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, ES, 1922, BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.: USGS BULL. 735, P. 41-63

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, FC, 1944, OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT, NEV.: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, GA, 1956, GEOL OF THE VIRGINIA CITY QUAD., NEV.: USGS BULL. 1042-C

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F. 1969, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEV.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 70, P. 102-107

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, FC, 1922, MINING DIST. AND MINERAL RES. NEV.: RENO P

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G. H. 1943, HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, 1850-1920: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37 NO 3. GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 37, P. 3


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.