 | | Report (issue) | | DISCRIMINATION OF ROCK TYPES AND ALTERED AREAS IN NEVADA BY THE USE OF ERTS IMAGES PREPARED IN COOPERATION...OF HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AREAS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NEVADA BY THE USE OF COMPUTER-ENHANCED ERTS IMAGES By...----------------------Geology of the Goldfield mining district -------------------------------Structural...scene -----------------------------ERTS mosaic of Nevada showing location of study area --------Geologic...the Goldfield mining district __ Golor aerial photograph of part of the Goldfield mining district __ _ |  | | 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 ....................... ............ . __ .. _....... ..... : . ...................... ...... . Dacite .................... .. .. ... .. .. ............_____..... ... __...... _. : ..... _.......... . Dacite vitrophyre ................. . .... . ....... |  | | 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.............. ............................... |  | | Catalog/List | | S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...crystals on \/ad. 104 ADAMITE, Quartz Mountain, Nevada. Pale blue to colorless nearly equant crystals |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and subvolcanic plutons, mostly of andesite and dacite composition. Biotite and hornblende phenocrysts...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...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 |  | | 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) | | PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE GOLDFIELD MINIITG DISTRICT, E3MERALDA AITD NYE COUJITIES, NEVADA T>y Roger P. Ashley...field area Ore producing areas, Gqldfield mining district Color print and overlays, Area 1 Color print...PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE GOLDFIELD MINING DISTRICT, ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTIES, NEVADA Site 75 5 Mission ...Geological Survey Introduction General. The Goldfield mining district is in the western part of the Basin and...Altitudes range from about 5500 to 6900 feet. The district is underlain predominantly by volcanic rocks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 904-924 DirectDatingofMineralization atGoldfield, Nevada,by Potassium-Argon andFission-Track Methods R....K-mica from hydrothermally altered rocksat Goldfield,Nevada,yieldsmineralizationagesof 20 to 21 m.y.,...Summitville district of Colorado. Since 1970 we have obtained .several addi- tional .dateson Goldfield aluniteshav...y. Several premineralizationvolcanicunits at Goldfield cannotbe dated by the K-At methodowing to extensivealteration...furthermore, 904 DATING OF MINER.4LIZATION .4T GOLDFIELD, NEVADA 905 icantlyaffected bythermalannealing at |  | | Report (volume) | | _____ ________ 44 Miscellaneous occurrences in Nevada __ __ ______ 48 Tres Cerritos, Cal______________________________...__ 49 Cl if ton-Mo reuci district, Ariz__________ ,______ 50 Beaver County, Utah __ _____ _ ______ 50...about 7 miles due southwest of Marysvale, Piute County, Utah. It is located in and near sec. 16, T. 28...S., R. 4 W., and so far as known is covered by mining-claim locations. Marysvale is the present terminus...cutting at steep inclination the volcanic rock (dacite or andesite) which forms the greater part of the |  | | Report (issue) | | SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. OUTLINE OF REPORT. Candelaria, an old silver-mining camp in...in western Nevada, has produced $20,000,000, mainly during the seventies and eighties of the last centjiry...applying modern methods of mining and metallurgy. The rocks of the district consist of a steeply dipping...flows that form the prominent cappings of the district. These flows were subsequently dislocated by normal...and by this faulting the present relief of the district was determined. The silver ores are highly oxidized |  | | 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) | | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Asbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N. Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...Survey in accordance with the provisions of the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-631...discovered or not currently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered, depends...________________———— Utah __________________________ Marysvale district (Piute and Sevier Counties) Southern Wah Wah Mountains...____________ Nevada ___________________————— Lincoln County _______________——— Clark County __________————————— |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASSOCIATION THE OF GOLDFIELD ALUNITE DISTRICT, WITH GOLD IN NEVADA. • FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME...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,...oxidized ore, and, like the kaolinite of that district,is probablySecondary with referenceto the original...in geneticrelationwith ore-veins." In the Goldfield district alunite is so abundant and so gener- ally |  | | 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) | | Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nye County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared...Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nye County, Nevada By E. B. EKREN, R. E. ANDERSON, C. L. ROGERS...Devonian._____________________________________ Nevada Formation._________________________ Limestone and...Pahute Mesa___---------Mines and mining. ___________ Antelope Springs district... Trappman Hills-__-____-_...Nellis Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nye County, Nev__________________________________.._--_---_--_---_- |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ALTERED AREA AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA, INCLUDING ANOMALOUS AND BACKGROUND VALUES...---- Illustrations Page Figure 1. Map of Goldfield, Nev., and vicinity, showing areas df hydrothermal...113 Geochemistry of the altered area at Goldfield, Nevada, including anomalous and background values...sampling program carried out in the Goldfield mining district, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nev. Geochemical...were collected from a 15-square-mile area at Goldfield which is underlain by hydrothermally altered volcanic |  | | 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...fractures. Alunite is widespreadthroughout the district in the altered areas. Primary alunite pervadesthe... 618 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SULFATES AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA forms sulfides,and SO2 is ultimately oxidized...hydrothermalfluid. In con- northeastof the town of Goldfield, at the intersection trast to hypogenesulfates | | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins (1982) postulated that the east-west...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...upper- and lower-plate rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure...cover in the district. REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY Most of the rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district are Paleozoic...Enfield Bell mine, Jerritt Canyon district, Elko County, Nevada. � Geology of the Enfield Bell Mine and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | constraints from the Broken Hills deposit, Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand Helen A. Cocker & Jeffrey L. Mauk...rhyolite-hosted epithermal deposit in the Hauraki Goldfield of New Zealand. The opaque minerals include pyrite...adulariasericite epithermal deposits in the Hauraki Goldfield and elsewhere worldwide. Broken Hills ores also...Broken Hills is the only deposit in the Hauraki Goldfield where uytenbogaardtite and petrovskaite have been...mineral assemblage. In the Hauraki Goldfield and the western Great Basin, USA, Se-rich minerals are more abundant |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | KendallGold Mines, Goldfield, Nevada PETER G. VIKRE ASARCO Inc., 510 East Plumb Lane, Reno, Nevada 89502 Abstract...replacementof Miocenerhyolites2 mi (3.2 km) north of Goldfield,EsmeraldaCounty,Nevada.The ledges,which are approximately21...similarto those of the main district,immediatelynortheastof the town of Goldfield,where more than 95 percentof...whichcontainbeddedbaritedeposits elsewhere in southwestern Nevada,andsulfidesulfurfromTertiaryintrusions.Smallamountsof...essentiallycoevalwith rhyodacite,latite, and andesitcin the main district, subvolcanic intrusionsor diapirsof theserock |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT NEVADA BY HENRY G. FERGUSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT..._____1________ Summary_____________ _______________ Esmeralda formation____ _____!_______________ Hedwig breccia...prospect____________________,.____ 136 Buckeye prospect Wall mine _______________________________ Maris mine_ __ _...Four mine___________ __________________ Mayflower mine _____________________________ Riley Fraction mi...mine______________-___________ Jumping Jack mine.-__________________________ Golden Crater mine_______ |  | | Report (issue) | | Part II Geology and Gold Deposits of the Oatman District, Northwestern Arizona By ED DEWITT, JON P. THORSON...Marysville Mining District, Montana By JAMES W. WHIPPLE Gold Deposits of the Boulder County Gold District... Gold ores Nevada. 2. Gold ores Washington Ferry County. 3. Hydrothermal deposits Nevada. 4. Hydrothermal...Hydrothermal deposits Washington Ferry County. I. Geological Survey (U.S.) II. Series: Geology and resources... CONTENTS Geology and gold deposits of the Oatman district, northwestern Arizona Abstract II Introduction |
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