Monte Cristo Mine

Monte Cristo Mine is a past producer of gold, silver, copper, lead in Storey County, Nevada, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1880. It is one of 95 historic gold producers USGS lists in Storey County, and number 24 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Deposit type
Epithermal vein, Comstock
Production years
from 1880
Discovered
1879
County
Storey County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10043930

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

145 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Storey County page lists the biggest.