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Galena from
Sierra Nevada Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra Nevada Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1600240
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1600240:7
GUID (UUID V4):cdf652b0-6ad7-4fa9-ae1b-5454c1be9abf
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.4km (0.3 miles) Union Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Mexican Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) C and C Mine, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Consolidated Virginia Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) California Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Andes Mine, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Savage Mine (Savage and Hall Mine), Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Hale & Norcross Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) Potosi Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
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MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RENO 1° x 2° QUADRANGLE, NEVADA, with a comprehensive bibliography by Gary R...Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada..........................prospects, and claims in the Reno 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada.......................................... 19 21
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Mineralization in the Comstock District, Nevada DONALD M. HUDSON† 1540 Van Petten Street, Reno, Nevada 89503 Abstract...metal deposits of the world-renowned Comstock district of western Nevada constitute one of several superimposed...superimposed Miocene hydrothermal systems. In the district, Mesozoic metasedimentary and igneous rocks are...kaolinite alteration exposed at the periphery of the district may be linked to preore alteration near the paleowater...and in the lower parts of orebodies in the Comstock lode, but it was deposited in the upper parts of
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THE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by Jeff L. Doebrich 1 ,...Open-File Report 96-9 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This report is preliminary...School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 'Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS...MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 'U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, 8920 West 2nd....................... THE LUCKY BOY AND PAMLICO MINING DISTRICTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY by Daniel R. Shawe
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Mineral Resources of the Reno 1 o by 2° Quadrangle, Nevada and California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Mineral Resources of the Reno 1 o by 2° Quadrangle, Nevada and California By DAVID A. JOHN, JOHN H. STEWART...mineral resources of the Reno 1o by 2° quadrangle, Nevada and California I by David A. John ... [et al.]...resources-Nevada-Reno Region. 2. Mines and mineral resources-California. 3. Geology-Nevada-Reno Region...epithermal gold-silver deposits 40 Adularia-sericite (Comstock) gold-silver veins 41 Quartz-alunite (acid-sulfate)
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AGRICULTURE; AND PROFESSOR OF MINERAL– oGY, GEology, AND MINING, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE OF the COLLEGE OF...Mineralogy of the silver region of the Territory of Nevada, or “Washoe.” 1861. (Addressed to the Governor...of the Mechanics' Fair Exhibition, California. Mining and Scientific Press, Octo ber, 1864; vol. 10,...en Californie. 8vo. pamphlet. Geneva, 1855. MINING MAGAZINE. and 2. 12 vols. 8vo. New York. Second...Second series, vols. 1 New York and New Ilaven. MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PREss. MoERAs, DUFLOT DE. 4to
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f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
__ a-—™ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Y ol. XLI DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 G EOLOGY A N D M IN IN G...Engineer N evada State Bureau of Mines JNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Vol. XL I DECEMBER 1947 No. 9 GEOLOGY...Washoe Counties By D. O verton M ining Engineer Nevada State Bureau of Mines T heodore PR IC E F IF T...Topography, Geology and Mineral Resources.. Douglas County— Location and Topography.. Geology and Ore Deposits...Highways_____ Production............................... Mining Districts— Buckskin (Smith Valley). Gardnerville
Report (issue)
for Triassic and Jurassic Magmatic Arc, Western Nevada and Eastern California By Vern Beardslee1 and Howard...University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR TRIASSIC AND JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN...by Howard McCarthy U.S. Geological Survey, Reno, Nevada Part A This bibliography was prepared to provide...the Triassic and Jurassic Magmatic Arc in western Nevada and eastern California. The general area of consideration...Walker Lake in western Nevada northwest through Lake Tahoe to the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains. The references
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Compartmentalized Fluid Flow, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada BYRON R. BERGER,† U.S. Geological...V. TINGLEY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND LAWRENCE...Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, Virginia 20192 Abstract Bonanza-grade orebodies in epithermal-style...vein district world class. In the world-class silver- and gold-producing Comstock mining district, Nevada...of evidence lead to the conclusion that the Comstock lode is localized in an extensional stepover between
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Center, Rm 1C402, 12201 Sunnse Valley Dr • SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105, 125 South State...Deposits-Part I The Goldfield Gold District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Tonopah...Precious-metal District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY The Republic Gold District, Ferry...Ferry County, Washington By MORTIMER H. STMTZ and ROBERT C. PEARSON The Comstock Lode Precious-metal District...District, Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada By WILLIAM C. BAGBY and ROGER P. ASH LEY U.S. GEOlOGICAl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western andesite assemblage and include the Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise...the United States since the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859. Production from these deposits through...(Long et al., 1998). Famous districts include Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, and Bodie, and...showed that lowsulfidation deposits in northern Nevada could be divided into two subtypes based on their...ve Ri Yellowstone Hot Spot Wyoming 0 Ma 40° Nevada S ie GREAT BASIN rra NNR Utah Ne da va California
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Relations in the Comstock Lode PETER G. VIKRE ASARCO, Inc., 510 East Plumb Lane, Reno, Nevada 89502 Abstract...Comstockdistrict 15 mi (24 km) southeastof Reno,Nevada,formed 13.7 Ma in Mioceneeruptiverocksof the Alta...at the northend of the lode (CedarHill) to <235øC at the southend of the lode (AmericanFlat), contained<1...additional bonanzas awaitdiscovery alongunexplored Comstock faultsegments withindeclining palcothermalgradientsto...north. 0361-0128/89/982/1574-3053.00 15 74 COMSTOCK LODE,FLUID-MINERALRELATIONS Introduction THE Comstocklodeis
Report (volume)
'r v.·,,.,. . ... Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...------------------------ 1 History of placer mining in Nevada_____________________________________... Holy Cross district..-----------------------------------------------2. Jessup district.. ____________...------------------------_-------_ 3. Sand Springs district----------------------------------------------...Eldorado Canyon district..-----------------------------------------5. Gold Butte district--------------
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19% Century Lake Tahoe & Western Nevada Mining Districts By The people who lived and made the region...s history. 19h Century Books I EL DORADO COUNTY LIB 00905 ill 6407 >be Rave Reviews for The...Profusely illustrated . . .” Auburn Journal El Dorado County Library 345 Fair Lane Placerville, CA 95667 GOLDEN...Tahoe City, Reno, Carson City, Virginia City, Genoa, Glenbrook and smaller California and Nevada communities...30 miles of Lake Tahoe Written by California and Nevada pioneers and 19th century historians. Researched
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Geology of the Steamboat Springs Area Washoe County, Nevada G E 0 L 0 G I CAL SURVEY P R 0 FE S S I 0 N...Geology of the Steamboat Springs Area Washoe County, Nevada By G. A. THOMPSON and D. E. WHITE GEOLOGY AND...AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 458-A Volcanic...Rose quadrangle and additional data from the Virginia City and nearby quadrangles UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...________ _ Little Valley __________________________ _ Virginia Range ______ "' _____________________ _ Steamboat
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Geology of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1042-C CONTRIBUTIONS...OF THE VIRGINIA CITY QUADRANGLE, NEVADA By GEORGE A. THOMPSON ABSTRACT Most of the Virginia City quadrangle...quadrangle, Nevada, is covered by a thick series of Tertiary and Quaternary volcanic deposits, but pre-Tertiary...include many normal faults (exemplified by the Comstock fault), warped and tilted blocks 45 46 CONTRIBUTIONS...the Virginia Range), and anticlinal folds (best illustrated by the anticline west of Virginia City). These
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, Everything, Neutral in Nothing. o C -t 3 MINING KEVIEW. PACIFIC COAST Ill (DALLY AND WEEKLY)...greatest is Its repc Its its resume of stock and mining operations Its dai in most complete. the latest...INDIA Bank The Oriental has Agencies at Virginia City and Correspondents in all of New Zealand...BOSTON, CHICAGO, Bank of the the principal Mining Bank Corporation Gold Districts Hill, and...- - Bor\ds,) - Capital, I^eserve (U. S. MINING REVIEW. COAST PACIFIC ^mx cjrantisp $10,000
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--------~ontana -------------------------------Nevada--------------------------------New Hampshire--...industry; that of th~ Bureau. of Mines to conduct mining and ~etal!urg1cal studies of subeconomic mineral...in rocks around the copper deposits of the Ely district and point to areas warranting further investigation...was discovered in east Northumberland Canyon, Nye County, Nev., by geologists assigned to a Heavy Metals...general support are distributed proportionately: Lode gold deposits Continental gold placers Marine gold
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MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
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HILL XBW8 PRINT. Jkmta, rg f'neifan Comstock Mining and Miners by Eliot Lord A reprint of the...are due Grahame Hardy of Carson City and Abraham Kendall of Virginia City for their knowledge in picture...identification and for the use of their collections. COMSTOCK MINING AND MINERS © Copyright 1959 by Howell-North...discovery and development of the Comstock Lode marked the birth" of the silver mining industry in the United States... The growth of Virginia City following the rush to Washoe and the life in this mining community created
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plates 37-43. Abstract of Report on the Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons...A Summary of the Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Wa.shoe District, by George F. Becker, pp. 291-330...Cafion District, with atlas, by Capt. C. E. Dutton. Published. III. Geology of the Comstock Lode and Washoe...Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. Published. (I) _._...-._-‘—' -— —-— ii ADVERTISEMENT...ADVERTISEMENT. IV. Comstock Mining and Miners, by Eliot Lord. Published. V. Copper-bearing Rocks of Lake
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ath IO wns : POEL eieeet be eas, NN 419-3 Nevada; a 03 G ps 127)oO to the Silver state The...DUE TTT JA S = * aint Demgo = en ae NEVADA A Guide to the Silver State mv DA A GUIDE...the Work Projects Administration in the State of Nevada aa AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES LPR US BATENS = BY...PACIFIC Sponsored by Dr. Jeanne Elizabeth Wier, Nevada State Historical Society, Inc. FORDS & MORT :... COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY NEVADA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1940 THE NEVADA STATE HISTORICAL
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description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~-----------------­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County --
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A HISTORY OF COMSTOCK SILVER LODE & MINES A HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE MINES DAN DE QUILLE...William, 1829-1898. A history of the Comstock silver lode & mines, Nevada and the great basin region. Reprint...Reprint of the 1889 ed. 1. Comstock Lode, Nev. 2. Nevada Description Series. Title. II. and travel. I....1973 — A HISTORY OF THE GOMSTOCK SILVER LODE MINES NEVADA AND THE GREAT BASIN REGION; LAKE TAHOE AND...tunnels, and the many imikovements and industries of NEVADA. lu.mi;er BY DAN DE QUILLE, author of " The
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