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Comstock
Nevada, USA
Main commodities: Ag Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1994.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Berger B R, Tingley J V, Drew L J  2003 - Structural localization and origin of compartmentalized fluid flow, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada: in    Econ. Geol.   v98 pp 387-408
Criss R E, Singleton M J, Champion D E  2000 - Three-dimensional Oxygen isotope imaging of convective fluid flow around the Big Bonanza, Comstock Lode Mining district, Nevada: in    Econ. Geol.   v95 pp 131-142
Hudson D M  2003 - Epithermal alteration and mineralization in the Comstock District, Nevada: in    Econ. Geol.   v98 pp 367-385
Hudson D M  1987 - Summary of the geology of the Comstock district, Nevada: in Johnson J L (Ed.), 1987 Bulk Mineable Precious Metal Deposits of the Western United States - Guidebook for Field Trips Geol. Soc. Nevada    pp 413-418
John, D.A., du Bray, E.A., Henry, C.D. and Vikre, P.G.,  2015 - Cenozoic Magmatism and Epithermal Gold-Silver Deposits of the Southern Ancestral Cascade Arc, Western Nevada and Eastern California: in   New Concepts and Discoveries, Geological Society of Nevada, 2015 Symposium, Reno/Sparks, Nevada, May 14 to 24, 2015,   Symposium Proceedings, pp. 611-645.
Vikre P G  1989 - Fluid-mineral relations in the Comstock lode: in    Econ. Geol.   v84 pp 1574-1613


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