Comstock Lode area

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historic site mining district

The Comstock Lode area is a historically significant mining district in Nevada famed for its rich silver ore deposits that spurred a major 19th-century mining boom and helped drive U.S. economic growth.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Comstock Lode 5
Comstock 1
Comstock Lode mining district 1
Comstock Lode region 1
Nevada historical mining region 1
Nevada mining region 1
Virginia City mining camps 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
mining district ⓘ
associatedWith Bonanza kings ⓘ
Comstock mining technology innovations ⓘ
Comstock Lode area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Virginia City mining camps
contains Dayton, Nevada ⓘ
Gold Hill, Nevada ⓘ
Silver City, Nevada ⓘ
Virginia City ⓘ
surface form: Virginia City, Nevada
contributedTo funding of the Union government during the American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Lyon County, Nevada ⓘ
Storey County, Nevada ⓘ
culturalSignificance inspiration for Western mining lore ⓘ
symbol of the Nevada silver rush ⓘ
discoveryYear 1859 ⓘ
economicImpact contributed to U.S. economic growth in the 19th century ⓘ
stimulated development of San Francisco financial markets ⓘ
environmentalImpact landscape alteration from mining ⓘ
mine tailings and waste rock ⓘ
geologicalFormation lode deposit ⓘ
heritageStatus National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: National Historic Landmark District
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
infrastructure Virginia and Truckee Railroad ⓘ
stamp mills ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century mining boom ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
rich silver ore deposits ⓘ
underground hard-rock mining ⓘ
locatedIn Nevada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Virginia Range ⓘ
majorOre gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
miningMethods deep-shaft mining ⓘ
square-set timbering ⓘ
namedAfter Comstock Lode area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comstock Lode
partOf Old West ⓘ
surface form: American Old West

Nevada mining districts ⓘ
peakProductionPeriod 1860s ⓘ
1870s ⓘ
processingMethods Washoe process ⓘ
amalgamation ⓘ
pan process ⓘ
state Nevada ⓘ
tourism heritage tourism destination ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Comstock Lode area → associatedWith → Comstock Lode area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia City mining camps
Virginia Range → associatedWith → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comstock Lode mining district
this entity surface form: Comstock Lode
Lyon County → containsHistoricMiningArea → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
subject surface form: Lyon County, Nevada
this entity surface form: Comstock Lode region
Northern Nevada → containsHistoricSite → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
George Comstock → familyName → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comstock
Lander County → isPartOf → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada mining region
Storey County → knownFor → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comstock Lode
Storey County, Nevada → knownFor → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comstock Lode
Comstock Lode area → namedAfter → Comstock Lode area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comstock Lode
Storey County, Nevada → partOf → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nevada historical mining region
Carson City Mint → usedBullionFrom → Comstock Lode area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comstock Lode