 | | Report (chapter) | | Survey, Federal Center MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, USA (e-mail: bberger@usgs.gov) Abstract: High-temperature...fault sets. The Virginia City and Goldfield mining districts, Nevada, were localized in zones of strike-slip...western margin of North America. The Camp Douglas mining area occurs within the same belt, but is localized...economically important precious-metal mining districts (Virginia City, Goldfield) and one economically less-important...Lower to Middle Miocene volcanic centres in western Nevada (Fig. 1). These districts provide insights into |  | | Report (issue) | | PAPER 66 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA BY FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME ASSISTED IN THE..._____ . ___________________ . _. Situation of the district.-~ ............... _..... ______ .. ________________________...______ ..... __ ........... _·_..... History of mining ....................... ............ . __ .. _.......... ............... . Correlation of the Goldfield rocks with those of the surrounding region_ .... . . . . . . . CHAPTER X.-MiJ?-eralogy of the district ................... .............. r • • • • • |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | theTonopah,Comstock Lode, andGoldfieldMiningDistricts,Nevada* Hos• P. TAYLOR,J'R. Abstract Oxygen isotopeanalyseswere...intrusives,and hydrothermal veins at Tonopah,Goldfield,and the ComstockLode. At Tonopah,the $Ots valuesare...7); Davidsondiorite stock (--2.6 to --0.8). At Goldfield,somewhathigher whole-rock•O • values are observed:altered...Comstockand lower temperaturesof alteration at Goldfield. It is concludedthat most epithermalgold and silver...areas at the time of mineralization. ßTuscarora NEVADA 'COMSTOCK %A• ODE rata ß Round Mtn. This |  | | Report (issue) | | = 14.895 Z = 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Goldfield, Nevada, USA. 3.17 (10), 1.61 (9), 3.32 (8), 4.95 (7)...pyrite, alunite, barite, quartz. Distribution: In the USA, at the Mohawk mine, and between the Jumbo and...and Clermont mines, Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., Nevada; in the Toughnut-Empire mine, Tombstone, Cochise Co...near the Lone Pine mine, Wilcox district, Catron Co., New Mexico; from the Klondike mine, Saguache Co., Colorado...Colorado. In Mexico, at the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine and the San Miguel and La Candelaria prospects, |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Rocks in Parts of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 936 ...Rocks in Parts of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada By DONALD H. WHITEBREAD GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...rocks in parts of the Virginia City quadrangle, Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 936) Bibliography:...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: |  | 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) | | VICINITY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA RANGE, NEVADA, USING ENHANCED LANDSAT IMAGES By R. P. Ashley...Hill. 26 8. Cumulative frequency plots for Goldfield............... 36 1. MSS band ratios for sites...VICINITY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA RANGE, NEVADA, USING ENHANCED LANDSAT IMAGES By R. P. Ashley...band near 2.2 ym produced by clay minerals or alunite, whereas unaltered rocks have no features in this...Scanner (MSS) images for a test area in south-central Nevada. Rowan and others (1974) made gray-tone film positives |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SecondarySulfatesat Goldfield, Nevada Abstract The Goldfield mining district of western Nevada is at the site...underlyingpre-Tertiary plutonic and metasedimentary rocks of the district are intensely and extensively altered. Tabular...silicified "ledges" composedof microcrystallinequartz, alunite, and kaolinite constitutezonesof intensealteration...fractures. Alunite is widespreadthroughout the district in the altered areas. Primary alunite pervadesthe...pervadesthe silicified "ledges," and secondary alunite forms veins as much as a foot wide in silicified zones |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | STUDIES OF THE EPITHERMAL ß DEPOSITS AT GOLDFIELD, H. NEVADA. D. B. WILSON. ABSTRACT. Approximately...material and wallrock from the ore depositsof Goldfield, Nevada, were quantitatively analyzed by means of...wallrock sample from a vein. Vertical zoning at Goldfield is evident with respectto 'tin, less definite...rarer elements in veins and rocks. In the Goldfield district the ore is char- acteristicallydistributedin...centactuallypresentfor one EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA. 39 elementwhile the sameratio for anotherelementmay |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASSOCIATION THE OF GOLDFIELD ALUNITE DISTRICT, WITH GOLD IN NEVADA. • FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME...RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. Alunite, a hydroussulphateof potassiumand aluminiumwith the formula K20.3Al•Oa...obtainedfrom the aluniteby roastingand lixiviation. Alunite is found also on some of islands of the Grecian...on Calico Peak near Rico,4 in the NationaI Belle Mine near Silverton, 5 and at CrippleCreek,ø all in Colo•...TresCerritos, Ma[iposa County,California. • Mr. W. Lindgren2 found alunite in the Ryerson mine near Morenci, |  | | 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) | | Elen1ents Near Ore Bodies in the Oxidized Zone at Goldfield, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL SPOkANE~...at Goldfield, Nevada By R. P. ASHLEY and]. P. ALBE~S GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GOLDFIELD MINING...MINING .DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 843-A An evaluation of nine elements...prospecting in the hydrothermally altered area at Goldfield ·.': '• !.'· UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTIN·G...zone at Goldfield, Nevada. (Geology and geochemistry of the Goldfield Mining District, Nevada) (Geological |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits-Part I The Goldfield Gold District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P. ASH LEY ...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...1857H 1 Gold ores-Nevada 2 Gold ores-Wash1ngton-Ferry County 3 Hydrothermal deposits-Nevada 4 Hydrothermal |  | | Report (volume) | | SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 511 ALUNITE BY B. S. BUTLER AND H. S. GALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Origin of the alunite deposit ________ ___________ 21 Probable extension of the alunite in depth_______________...37 Known occurrences of alunite in the United States____________ . 38 Alunite deposits of the Rosita Hills..._____ ________ 44 Miscellaneous occurrences in Nevada __ __ ______ 48 Tres Cerritos, Cal______________________________...__ 49 Cl if ton-Mo reuci district, Ariz__________ ,______ 50 Beaver County, Utah __ _____ _ ______ 50 |  | | Report (volume) | | ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME NOTES ON THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT G. H. GARREY..................................... Gold field district............................................................................................... Mining development..................................................................................... Mine maps......;........................................ 20 22 22 22 25 25 28 34 37 38 39 Bullfrog district.............. ............................... |  | | Report (issue) | | deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...fissure fillings, i.e., deposits in the Sierra Nevada, California (Clark, 1970); Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon...ore is associated with some veins in the Sierra Nevada and was locally worked with the vein deposits (Clark...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Sado epithermal veins, and epithermal quartz alunite Au). Compared to other precious-metal deposits | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOLOGY AND ORE-DEPOSITS DISTRICT, OF THE GOLDFIELD NEVADA2 F. L. RANSOME. PART II. MINES AND...divisions,which may be cohvenientlydesignatedthe "Goldfield" and "Diamondfield" groups. Of these the first...of the district and includessuch well-known mines as the Mohawk, Combination, Florence, Jumbo,January...in rhyolite; a very importantgroup northeastof Goldfield,which is mainly in dacite, although latite is...January and Jumbo minesof the GoldfieldConsolidatedMines Company,the Combination Fraction mine, and part |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | assemblage and include the Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, Bodie, Paradise Peak, and Rawhide deposits...Famous districts include Comstock Lode, Tonopah, Goldfield, Aurora, and Bodie, and significant production...groups, high-sulfidation (acid-sulfate, quartz-alunite) and low-sulfidation (adularia-sericite) types...showed that lowsulfidation deposits in northern Nevada could be divided into two subtypes based on their...ve Ri Yellowstone Hot Spot Wyoming 0 Ma 40° Nevada S ie GREAT BASIN rra NNR Utah Ne da va California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | emmonsite, at Silver City, New Mexico, and Goldfield, Nevada, are described. A resum6 of the descriptions...yellowish-green, € green. Found sparingly at Goldfield, Nevada, as a secondary product in vugs and seams...dacite, associated with emmonsite, tellurite, alunite, barite, quartz, and the new mineral blakeite.... Named for John W. Mackay (1831-1902), a mine operator on the Comstock Lode and benefactor of the Mackay...examine a large suite of material from Goldf.eld, Nevada, comprising massesand drusy crusts of emmonsite |  | | Report (issue) | | wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research |  | | Report (volume) | | and Gold Depo~its, Tonopah.l,0 X,2° Qu.adrangle, Nevada~ Description and Applications to Exploration~ ...and gold deposits, Tonopah 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada: description and applications to exploration I...3:2077 1. Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. 2. Gold mines and mining-Nevada-Tonopah region. I. Title................................. . Northumberland Mine ................................................................................... . Wall Canyon Mine ............................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | Rocks, Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada Geology and Geochemistry of Tertiary Volcanic...Rocks, Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada By J. Thomas Nash, William C. Utterback, and...rocks, Sleeper gold-silver deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada I by J. Thomas Nash, William C. Utterback,...Gold ores-Geology-Nevada-Humboldt County. 2. Silver ores-GeologyNevada-Humboldt County. 3. Geology, St...Stratigraphic-Tertiary. 4. GeologyNevada-Humboldt County. I. Utterback, W.C. II. Trudel, Wayne S. III. Title |  | | Report (volume) | | Clover Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Lincoln County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1729-D t...Clover Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Lincoln County, Nevada By BARRY MORING, H. RICHARD BLANK, Jr., and...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...Clover Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Lincoln County, Nevada. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; 1729-D)...Bibliography: p. 1. Mines and mineral resources Nevada Clover Mountains Wilderness. 2. Clover Mountains |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science...Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; burkeml2@miamioh.edu Correspondence: saundja@auburn.edu;...discovery of the bonanza Au-Ag deposit in the mid-1980s Nevada, and the previous work on the “gold colloid theory”...systems. Further, Herrington and Wilkinson [15] Nevada, and the discovery of nanoparticulate textures...many Tertiary bonanza epithermal ores in northern Nevada, and have been interpreted have been observed in |
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