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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 |
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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 ................. . .... . ....... |
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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.............. ............................... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| 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...Scanner (MSS) images for a test area in south-central Nevada. Rowan and others (1974) made gray-tone film positives...vegetation and slope conditions. In south-central Nevada Rowan and others (1974) readily separated bleached |
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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 |
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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...very importantgroup northeastof Goldfield,which is mainly in dacite, although latite is found in the...January and Jumbo minesof the GoldfieldConsolidatedMines Company,the Combination Fraction mine, and part |
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'r v.·,,.,. . ... Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...------------------------ 1 History of placer mining in Nevada_____________________________________... Holy Cross district..-----------------------------------------------2. Jessup district.. ____________...------------------------_-------_ 3. Sand Springs district----------------------------------------------...Eldorado Canyon district..-----------------------------------------5. Gold Butte district-------------- |
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_____ ________ 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 |
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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 |
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resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada by George Wong Open-File Report 83-721 This...Appendix A **~""~~"* "* *** *"* * » Table Table 1. District descriptions . .-.-.-. . -.-. . . . .-. .-. <...resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada By George Wong The purpose of this map is to identify...Province. These areas include past and present mining and prospecting localities as well as areas of...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent |
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emmonsite, at Silver City, New Mexico, and Goldfield, Nevada, are described. A resum6 of the descriptions...at Goldfield, Nevada, as a secondary product in vugs and seams in silicified rhyolite and dacite, associated...blakeite. Named for John W. Mackay (1831-1902), a mine operator on the Comstock Lode and benefactor of...examine a large suite of material from Goldf.eld, Nevada, comprising massesand drusy crusts of emmonsite...Hillebrand describedan iron tellurite from the W. P. H. mine at Cripple Creek, Colorado, which was provisionally |
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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 |
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JUNE, •9•o AND ORE-DEPOSITS No. 4 OF THE GOLDFIELD DISTRICT, 'NEVADA2 F. L. RANSOME. PART I--G•.oLoG¾...oLoG¾. SITUATION AND TOPOGRAPHY. The Goldfield district, of which the geographicposition is shownin Fig...considerableexpanseof lava-cappedmesasouthwestof the town of Goldfield. Rough massesof silicified rock, which, owing...of Director of U.S. Geological Survey. The Goldfield district has been fully described in Professional...--F.L.R. 302 F. L. RANSOME. tral part of the district, and these outcrops are surroundedby wide concentriczonesof |
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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_______ |
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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 -- |
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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 |
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........................ 5 5 Distribution of mining districts...................................................................................... Nevada.......................................................................... PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill..................................................... Classification of mining districts...................................................................................... Nevada............................................... |