Comstock Lode

Nevada, Storey County (Virginia City), United States

Epithermal depositsAg, Au

Type: Intermediate-sulfidation epithermal

Deposit represented by collection native silver in Mathur et al. (2018) (mines: Consolidated Virginia). Coordinates not published.

δ109Ag in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 978a

Value	Range	n	Mineral or matrix	Source
0.429 ‰		1	supergene native silver Single analysis (CM212). Samples: CM212: Consolidated Virginia (IS epithermal). Hypogene values centred on 0, supergene ones more scattered (-0.86 to +2.14 ‰) according to the authors.	Mathur et al. (2018), Fractionation of silver isotopes in native silver explained by redo…

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Cite this page

IsoFind Atlas (2026). Comstock Lode, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/comstock-lode/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

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  title = {Comstock Lode, isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/comstock-lode/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

Updated : 2026-10-21