 | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...(Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver Downloaded...precious-metal mining with the development of low-grade, large-tonnage mines. I n 1997 Nevada ranked first...percent, respectively, of total U.S. production. Nevada also produced 148 million pounds of copper, 4 percent |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | of Compartmentalized Fluid Flow, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada BYRON R. BERGER,† U.S. Geological...V. TINGLEY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND LAWRENCE...Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, Virginia 20192 Abstract Bonanza-grade orebodies in epithermal-style...vein district world class. In the world-class silver- and gold-producing Comstock mining district, Nevada...of evidence lead to the conclusion that the Comstock lode is localized in an extensional stepover between |  | | Report (issue) | | THE LOS BURROS DISTRICT, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. The following...prospects of the Los Burros district, in the southwestern part of Monterey County, Calif., are based on observations...properties and the caretaker at the Buclimo mine. The district lies on the west side of the rugged Coast...Coast Range, near the south line of Monterey County, in Tps. 23 and 24 S., R. 25 E. Mount Diablo meridian...Monterey and San Luis Obispo. It is reached from King City, a station on the Coast Line of the Southern Pacific |  | | Report (issue) | | HYDROTHERMAL AND MAGMATIC MINERAL DEPOSITS Page Magma, Mine,;Superior (oo. ciges Rocttactek ors eno os es snl...NevadaiGity —'Grass: Valley) iter ore ae ee Shasta County a eee cere asses ee avs Oe ee COlOTAMGS ee Pie...mines of which a district is composed but rather that the geological conditions from one mine to another within...within the district are so generally the same that what is said of one mine will be true for the others...Canadian Institute of Mining*and| Metallurgye a. 12ers ee ett elt hanes Engineering and Mining Journal...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | no other group of minerals has more associated mining lore or history. Silver financed empires and great...recovered as a byproduct of low-grade copper and lead mining. This fact, coupled with the historically low price...copper were the first). The earliest known siIver mining occurred in Cappadocia in Asia Minor and is dated...ornamentation and jewelry. Excavations at Ur, an ancient city on the Euphrates River, have recovered some extraordinary...probably reflects the fact that the earliest silver mining amounted to gathering the metal in its native state |  | | Journal (issue) | | Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg- |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite, |  | | Report (issue) | | ever since. Besides the La Grange mine, the largest hydraulic mine now in active operation, it contains...mines, particularly in the northern portion of the county. Large bodies of gravel of lower grade yet remain...Douglas City; Mr. J. J. Murphy, of the Union Hill mine; Mr. Pierre Bouery, of the La Grange mine; Mr. W...Globe mine; but more particularly to Mr. H. L. Lowden, formerly county surveyor of Trinity County, who...and southwest upper course of the river to Douglas City, where the stream turns and flows northwestward |  | | Report (volume) | | and Uranium Deposits of the Caribou Area, Boulder County Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report...and Uranium Deposits of the Caribou Area, Boulder County Colorado By F. B. MOORE, W. S. CAVENDER, and' E...Uranium-bearing lead-silver veins___________________ Mine descriptions_____________________________________________...mines______________ ____________________ _ Caribou mine,_____--_--_____________________________ No Name...Poorman mine____ ______________ ________ . Sherman mine.. _____ ______ \. Columbia, Spencer, and Socorro |  | | Report (issue) | | obtained at Tonopah, Nev.,1 and at the Comstock lode, Virginia City, Nev.,2 have previously been published...made in the study of a particular topic in one district would aid in the study of the same topic in the...regional report, it must be remembered that for each district only such information could be used as was readily...work in the encouragement which they offer to deep mining, irrespective of more purely scientific results...a Bastin, B. S., Bonanza ores of the Comstock lode, Virginia City, Nev.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 735 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | frequent stops to buy or collect specimens, tour a mine, or see a particular geological wonder. Rock Shops...of sphalerite, galena, calcite, dolomite, and chalcopyrite from the TriVolume 78, March/April2003 101...lead-zinc district, several hundred miles to the north; drusy quartz and barite from the Potosi area of...minerals as smithsonite, sphalerite, and dolomite from mining areas further east in the Arkansas Ozarks. The...fifty-cent collecting fee to the mine was waived. Ron Coleman has that mine today. A prominent sign at Blue |  | | Report (volume) | | depth__________ Precipitates from mine waters under superficial conditions_ Composition of mine waters of the Jopliu-region___________...Arizona__________________________ 208 Note on the Bisbee district, Arizona, by F. L. Ransome_ 209 Globe and Miami...Morenci, Arizona. _________________ ___ 217 Ely, Nevada, by A. C. Spencer_________________ 219 Santa Rita...Mexico____________________ 22J Burro Mountain district, New Mexico_____________ 222 , Cananea, Mexico... Utah, by B. S. Butler_________ 229 Yerington, Nevada _______________1________ 231 Jerome, Arizona, by |  | | Report (issue) | | oe Mountatn ~Pass) cs. sim ssicwiy tat.0e 276 Nevada City-Grass Valley ..... 279 New Almad@n 6.6sravs.cisis...Boulder County Tellurides .... 294 Boulder County Tungsten ...... eeoeeesee 296 Central City-Idaho Springs...323 A. Rifle area, Colorado «0s... 323 B. Uravan District, Colorado 324 Cope tick Rock DIsEEIcL sCoLoradO)...324 DeeGkante District, New sMext Comer. clecetsls cused cists! 0/0 326 E. Shiprock District, Utah—Arizona...Utah—Arizona ....vccccsnens F. Monticello-Moab-Thompsons District, Utah .....secvceee 326 327 ee eeseeee Gig GE |  | | Report (volume) | | California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens |  | Peters, S.G., Nash, J.T., John, D.A., Spanski, G.T., King, H.D., Connors, K.A., Moring, B.C., Doebrich, J.L., McGuire, D.J., Albino, G.V., Dunn, V.C., Theodore, T.G., Ludington, S.D. (1996) Metallic mineral resources in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96712 | Report (issue) | | Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been....................30 Vein epithermal deposits (Comstock epithermal vein, quartz-sericite-adularia) (models...Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource |  | | Report (issue) | | Colqui, Peru; Comstock, Nevada; Creede, Colorado; Goldfield, Nevada; Guanajuato, Mexico; Lake City, Colorado;...Oatman, Nevada; Pachuca-Real Del Monte, Mexico; Red Moutain, Colorado; Round Mountain, Nevada; Sunnyside...Sunnyside mine, Eureka district, Colorado; Summitvilie, Colorado; and Tonopah, Nevada. No data were found for...for the Silver City - De Lamar, Idaho district. The purpose of this report is to make this compilation...fi^S studies. Only a few data are reported for Lake City and Julcani, while at Creede approximately 200 analyses |  | | Report (issue) | | Empire. N o attempt has been made to give details of mining or metallurgical processes. HARCOURT, Chairman...ORES It is a remarkable fact, as demonstrated by mining experience, that the five metals, silver, gold...both gold and silver. T h u s , in the Kongsberg district the proportion of silver to gold is given a s...and Nagybanya, from 15o : i t o I : I ; at the Comstock, 24 : I ; and at Cripple Creek, I : 10 ['oh)....produced silver may be mentioned East Huel Rose lead mine (yield from 1852 to 1861 was 260,721 oz.), and West |  | | Report (volume) | | • RESTON, Virginia--National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal...Donald A. Singer 25c 146 Descriptive model of Comstock epithermal veins,, by Dan L. Mosier, Donald A...Byron R. Berger 150 Grade and tonnage model of Comstock epithermal veins, by Dan L. Mosier, Takeo Sato...rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...deposits 149 Tonnages of Comstock epithermal vein deposits 152 Gold grades of Comstock epithermal vein deposits |  | | Book (edition) | | Isotope Ratios 213 Application of Geothermometry in Mining Districts 8 THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORE DEPOSITS...260 Petaca District, New Mexico 266 11 IGNEOUS METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS 272 Central District, New Mexico...Mexico 276 Iron Springs District, Utah 283 12 HYPOTHERMAL DEPOSITS 293 Morro Velho, Brazil 297 Broken...MESOTHERMAL DEPOSITS 317 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 319 Magma Mine, Arizona 325 Chuquicamata, Chile 333 14 EPITHERMAL...346 Almaden, Spain 349 Pachuca-Real del Monte District, Mexico 15 TELETHERMAL DEPOSITS 354 362 Colorado |
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