 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Tertiary Volcanic Rocks in Parts of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Tertiary Volcanic Rocks in Parts of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada By DONALD H. WHITEBREAD GEOLOGICAL...Tertiary volcanic rocks in parts of the Virginia City quadrangle, Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper...Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Nevada-Storey Co. 2. Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Nevada-Lyon Co. 3. Geology, StratigraphicMiocene...Metamorphism (Geology) 5. Geochemistry-Nevada-Storey Co. 6. Geochemistry-Nevada-Lyon Co. I. Title. II. Series: |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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) | | 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 |  | Ashley, Roger P., Goetz, A.F.H., Rowan, L.C., Abrams, M.J. (1979) Detection and mapping of hydrothermally altered rocks in the vicinity of the Comstock Lode, Virginia Range, Nevada, using enhanced Landsat images. Open-File Report Vol. 1979 (79-960) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr79960 | Report (issue) | | ALTERED ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA RANGE, NEVADA, USING ENHANCED LANDSAT IMAGES ...for the Virginia Range and vicinity....... 4 2. Generalized geologic map of Virginia City quad............ 9 3. Map of the Virginia Range and vicinity................. 15 4. Landsat color ratio composite... 21 5. Hydrothermally altered areas of the Virginia Range..... 23 6. Average spectral curves for...ALTERED ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA RANGE, NEVADA, USING ENHANCED LANDSAT IMAGES By |  | | Report (volume) | | 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 |  | Vikre, Peter G., McKee, Edwin H., Silberman, Miles L. (1988) Chronology of Miocene hydrothermal and igneous events in the western Virginia Range, Washoe, Storey, and Lyon counties, Nevada. Economic Geology, 83 (4) 864-874 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.4.864 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EVENTS IN THE WESTERN VIRGINIA RANGE, WASHOE, STOREY, AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA PETER G. VIKRE, ASARCOIncorporated...representsuncerrocksin the western part of the Virginia Range in taintyin the measurement of radiogenic4øArand...in the Menlo Park laboratories. forms the Comstock,Silver City, Occidental, and The decayconstants usedfor...he Virginia Range Tertiary andpre-Tertiarystratigraphyof the Viradjacentto and north of Virginia City...oldestrocks north of Virginia City providesomeof the bestex- exposedat Virginia City are Mesozoicmetasediposuresof |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil...Novemberficember: Gold, Ten Mile district, Humboldt County, Nevada. Coogan Gold specimen, Jeff Scovil...Aguilarite, 44; Nevada, 41 I Aguilar, P., 44 AkaganCite, Norfolk, England, 269 Albite, Connecticut, 121;...group, New York. 246 Amphiboles. 185 Andorite, Nevada, 41 I Andradite. New York, 240 Anglesite in Galena |  | | Report (issue) | | Geophysical Studies in Part of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada Preliminary Results of Geological...Geophysical Studies in Part of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada By Donald H. Whitebread and Donald...Index map showing location of Virginia City quadrangle, Comstock Lode district, and limit:;' of the Cornwall...GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES IN PART OF THE VIRGINIA CITY QUADRANGLE, NEVADA By DONALD H. WHITEBREAD and DONALD...DONALD B. HOOVER The Comstock Lode district is one of the world's greatest precious-metal producers. From |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | 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) |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Deposition in theTonopah,Comstock Lode, andGoldfieldMiningDistricts,Nevada* Hos• P. TAYLOR,J'R. Abstract...the time of mineralization. ßTuscarora NEVADA 'COMSTOCK %A• ODE rata ß Round Mtn. This shouldsimplifythe...Forester, 1971; Forester and FIG. 1. Index map of Nevada showing locations of the ore Taylor, 1972) that...(•$400 million), and Goldfield (•$100 million) mining districts are among the richest epithermal gold-silverdepositsin...All three of thesemining districtsoccurin western Nevada (see Fig. 1) in gently dipping, Tertiary volcanic |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE CQMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT, NEVADA Washington, D, C. UNITES £TAT3£ DEPARTMENT...OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOGK LODE DISTRICT, NEVADA F. C. Calkins CONTENTS Abstract ................. 31 31 31 31 32 Comstock fault ................... Silver City fault ................. Occidental..... 33 3k 3k 3k 35 ABSTRACT The term Comstock Lode district is here applied to the mapped area, which...which includes parts of the Virginia and Flowery Ranges of Nevada. The oldest rocks of the area are much |  | | Report (issue) | | NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES Vernon E. Scheid, Director BULLETIN 71 GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE WADSWORTH AND...QUADRANGLES, NEVADA By Robert L. Rose MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA Reno, Nevada 1969 UNIVERSITY... UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SYSTEM N EIL D. H U MPHREY, Chan cellor UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO N. Eoo ...ACKAY SCHOOL OF M INES VERNON E. SCHEID, Dean NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES NEVA DA M INING A NALYTICAL LABORATORY...Director For sale by Nevada Bureau of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 89507. Price $2.50. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALTERATION AND ON RELATED THE ROBERT COMSTOCK TYPES No. OF LODE. COATS. ABSTRACT. Descriptionsof...The general geologyof the portion of the Comstock district pertinent to the discussionis reviewed. The...depositsof Hungary as well as those of the Comstock Lode, christenedthe rock in question "propylite"to...Parallel, p. 83, I873. PROPYLITIZATION ON THE COMSTOCK LODE. 3 Survey, generallyfollowed the identificationsof... which was regardedas pre-Tertiary,the entire Virginia Range was regardedas havingbeencoveredby "an outflowof |  | | Report (issue) | | and 9. The Physical Geology of the Grand Canon District, by Capt. C. E. Dutton, pp. 47-166, plates 10-36...plates 37-43. Abstract of Report on the Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons...Summary of the Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District, by George F. Beckfer, pp. «91-330...Canon District, with atlas, by Capt. C. E. Dutton. Published. m. Geology of the Comstock Lode and Washoe...Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. I. II. ADVERTISEMENT. ii Published. IV. Comstook |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE MINERALOCICAL RECORD.._, COVER: ELBAITE with albite, lepidolite and quartz, 4.5 cm, a historic specimen...$384/three years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...responsibility for mineral specimen recovery ahead of mining. When the mines were closed at Bisbee in 1975 he...Presi dent of Operations for the Golden Queen Mining Company (Mojave, California), followed by Vice...Copper SAC, also in Peru. In all, he worked in the mining industry for over 50 consecutive years. Dick couldn't |  | | Report (volume) | | .................................... Review of mining districts...................................................................... Burro Mountain district, N. Mex.........................................187 189 191 192 193 194 6 CONTENTS. Review of mining districts Continued. Nacozari, Mexico.................................... Snowstorm lode, Cceur d'Alene district, Idaho........................... Copperopolis..................................... Encampment district, Wyo......................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | Cafion District, with atlas, by Capt. C. E. Dutton. Published. HI. Geology of the Comstock Lode and Washoe...Washoe District, with atlas, by George F. Becker. Published. IV. Comstock Mining and Miners, by Eliot...of Virginia, by Prof. William M. Fontaine. Published. VII. Silver-lead Deposits of Eureka, Nevada, by...Published. Vin. Paleontology of the Eureka District, Nevada, by Charles D. Walcott. In press. IX. Brachiopoda...B. P. Whitfield. ADVERTISEMENT. Creology and Mining Industry of Leadville, with atlas, by S. F. Enimons |
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