 | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Elements in the Rodeo Creek NE and Welches Canyon Quadrangles, Eureka County, Nevada By JAMES G. EVANS...elements in the Rodeo Creek NE and Welches Canyon quadrangles, Eureka County, Nevada (U.S. Geological Survey...Geochemistry-Nevada-Eureka County. 2. Geology-Nevada-Eureka County. 3. Geochemical prospecting-Nevada-Eureka...a County. I. Peterson, Jocelyn A. II. Title. Ill. Series. QE75.B9 no. 1657 [QE515] 557.3s 85-600168...Distribution of elements 11 Gold 11 Arsenic 16 Mercury 17 Antimony 17 Copper 18 Lead 18 Barium 18 Barium-strontium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of quartz and carbonate minerals across northern Nevada using ASTER thermal infrared emissivity data—Implications... Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA ABSTRACT ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission...imagery over a 389 km × 387 km area in northern Nevada (38.5°–42°N, 114°–118.5°W) was analyzed to evaluate...hydrothermal quartz were detected in or near known Carlin-type gold deposits, distal disseminated Au-Ag deposits...province is the world’s second leading producer of gold and is also host to a wide variety of ore deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Carlin Trend, Nevada: Development of the Eocene Plutonic Complex and Significance for Carlin-Type...Carlin-Type Gold Deposits MICHAEL W. RESSEL* Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada...CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY† Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 Abstract...Abstract The Carlin trend contains the largest concentration of Carlin-type gold deposits in the world...world. Two major controversies about these giant gold deposits have been their age, which is now firmly established |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Introduction Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura...Basin district-- -Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact...Contact district Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide...Canyon area-----Gold Basin district Gold Circle district Good Hope district ---Goose Creek -district Halleck |  | | 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 |  | Long, Keith R., DeYoung,, John H., Ludington, Stephen (1998) Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States. Open-File Report Vol. 1998 (98-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr98206ab | Report (issue) | | SURVEY DATABASE OF SIGNIFICANT DEPOSITS OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES PART...TABLE 2. COMPARISON OF TOTAL PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC FOR ALL DEPOSITS IN THE...TABLE 3. COMPARISON OF TOTAL RESOURCES OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC REMAINING IN DEPOSITS IN...THE DISCOVERY OF SIGNIFICANT DEPOSITS OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES, 1545-1996...............8 TABLE 5. THE TEN LARGEST DOMESTIC GOLD DEPOSITS IN TERMS OF PAST PRODUCTION, REMAINING |  | Orris, G.J., Bennett, P.C., Theodore, T.G. (1987) A bibliography for the Winnemucca 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, Nevada, with indexing by county, commodity, mine name, mining district and selected major topics. Open-File Report Vol. 1987 (87-89) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr8789 | Report (issue) | | 1° x 2° quadrangle, Nevada, with indexing by county, commodity, mine name, mining district, and selected...resources of the Winnemucca 1° x 2° quadrangle area, Nevada, were collected in support of a series of U.S....within the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada: Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties...commodity. Table 3 is a listing of references by mine and mining district names. Finally, Table 4 indexes the...for the five Nevada Counties that occur in the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada. COUNTY REFERENCES |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File...OF CONTENTS Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/...............crustal structure near the Battle Mountain-Eureka mineral trend from geophysical constraints V.J.S. Grauch...8 Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...Crustal structure and its relation to gold belts in north-central Nevada: Overview and progress report V.J |  | | 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...Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | m'vadla Gold, Silver, and Copper Deposits and Their 11Iclllrrerals DAVID VON BARGEN N112 W18695 Mequon...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...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...of disseminated gold). The state regained its preeminent status in precious-metal mining with the development |  | Theodore, T. G., Kotlyar, B. B., Singer, D. A., Berger, V. I., Abbott, E. W., Foster, A. L. (2003) Applied Geochemistry, Geology, and Mineralogy of the Northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (2) 287-316 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.287 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, and Mineralogy of the Northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada TED G. THEODORE,† BORIS B. KOTLYAR, DONALD...King Midas Resources, Ltd., 3841 Amador Way, Reno, Nevada 89502 AND ANDREA L. FOSTER U.S. Geological Survey...Abstract Investigations in the northernmost Carlin trend were undertaken to advance understanding of...metal deposits in the trend. Two fundamental geologic relationships near the trend significantly affect...in a 1,514 m (4,970 ft) hole through the Rodeo Creek deposit were used to construct three-dimensional |  | | Report (volume) | | Characteristics of Sediment-and Volcanic-Hosted Disseminated Gold Deposits Search for an Occurrence Model U.S. GEOLOGICAL...terrain. Three conspicuous basin-and-range fault sets trend east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...(Devonian and Silurian) Contact SOhc� Hanson Creek Formation (Silurian and Ordovician) Fault dashed...Enfield Bell mine, Jerritt Canyon district, Elko County, Nevada. � Geology of the Enfield Bell Mine and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralogic logging of drill samples from gold and copper mining operations D.M. Hausen and J.R. Odekirk...Wakara Way, Suite 210, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA (Accepted after revision April 27, 1990) ABSTRACT...mineralogic logging of drill samples from gold and copper mining operations. In: W. Petruk, A.H. Vassiliou...includingporphyry deposits as well as disseminated gold deposits. Metallurgical ore types as well as lithologic...Hausen, 1973). Trends of alteration associated with copper and molybdenum mineralization were delineated by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Basin: Evidence for Distinctive Fluid Evolution Gold-ProducingHydrothermal Systems PETER T. HOLLAND,...northernGreat Basinis basedon 65 samplesfrom 10 Carlin-type gold depositsand 22 similarbut apparentlybarren...dominantcomponentin mostsamplesfrom the Carlin, Gold Quarry, MaggieCreek, Pinson,and Prebledeposits.It...are at leasttwo geochemicallydiscernibletypesof gold depositsin the northernGreat Basin.Thesetypes are...Windfall deposit(factor 2) at one extremeand by the Gold Quarry deposit(factor3) at the other. Other deposits |  | Roberts, Ralph J., Radtke, Arthur S., Coats, R. R., Silberman, Miles L., McKee, Edwin H. (1971) Gold-bearing deposits in north-central Nevada and southwestern Idaho; with a section on periods of plutonism in north-central Nevada. Economic Geology, 66 (1) 14-33 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.66.1.14 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 66, 1971, pp. 14-33 Gold-Bearing Depositsin North-CentralNevadaand Southwestern Idaho R, nPri J...Plutonism in North-Central Nevada MILES L. SILBERMAN AND EDWIN H. MCKEE Abstract Gold-bearingdepositsin n... late Tertiary. Three major epigenefic groupsof gold-bearing deposits are recognized:replacement deposits...and peripheralgold-silverdeposits.The disseminated gold depositsseemto be intermediate in mineralogy betweenthe...production in only one district, Battle Mountain (Copper Canyonand CopperBasin), where calc-hornfelscontaining |  | | Report (issue) | | Major Mines of Nevada 2016 Mineral Industries in Nevada’s Economy NEVADA COMMISSION ON MINERAL RESOURCES...active mines in Nevada and maintains the State’s mine registry. Information concerning mining operations and...activities on both public and private lands in Nevada. Staff also monitors production of oil, gas, and...resources to ensure proper management and conservation. Nevada is a member of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact...Compact Commission. The Division’s abandoned mine lands program provides for public safety by identifying |  | | Report (issue) | | 26(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Santa Rita mine, New Mexico, USA. 3.216 (100), 4.84 (90), 3.116 (80), 4.32...17.74 Total 99.37 100.00 (1) Santa Rita mine, New Mexico, USA; by electron microprobe, average of five...the oxidized zone of a copper sulfide deposit (Santa Rita mine, New Mexico, USA); by alteration of triphylite...sediment-hosted Carlin-type hydrothermal gold deposit (Gold Quarry mine, Nevada, USA). Association: Dufrénite...beraunite, leucophosphite, hematite (Santa Rita mine, New Mexico, USA); nontronite, rockbridgeite, apatite, vivianite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IMPORTANCE OF EOCENE MAGMATISM IN GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE CARLIN TREND, NEVADA—A DISCUSSION G. D. LANGSTAFF†...LANGSTAFF† 3575 Gypsum Lane, Suite 6, Reno, Nevada 89503 Sir: Ressel et al.’s (2000b, p. 1417) assertion that...hydrothermal circulation, which formed Carlin-type deposits of the Carlin trend” and conclusion (p. 1438) that...that “Deposits of the northern Carlin trend should be considered pluton related” are not supported by credible...the 700 km2 aeromagnetic anomaly south of the Carlin trend to an Eocene pluton, based on the association |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NO. 2 A Special Issue Devoted to Gold Deposits in Northern Nevada: Part 1. Regional Studies and Epithermal...Northern Nevada is one of the Earth’s premier gold- and silver-producing regions, and gold and silver...production largely comes from Carlin-type sedimentary rock-hosted disseminated gold deposits (Christensen, 1995;...area of the Carlin trend (approximately 8 × 65 km) is North America’s most prolific gold mining district...Moz) of gold annually. Since large-scale mining began in 1965 with the opening of the Carlin mine, the Carlin |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the Carlin Gold Deposit, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1267 /Ju l/ /Ea...7 0;.:?04N .. 041).- Geology of the Carlin Gold Deposit, Nevada By ARTHUR S. RADTKE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...study of one of the largest disseminated-replacement gold deposits in North America UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Radtke, Arthur S., 1936— Geology of the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada. (Geological Survey professional paper... no.: I 19.16:1267 1. Gold ores—Nevada—Carlin region. 2. Geology—Nevada—Carlin region. I. Title. II. |  | | Report (issue) | | the Roberts Mountains Formation, North-Central Nevada Stratigraphy, Petrology, and Some Fossil Data...the Roberts Mountains Formation, North-Central Nevada By THOMAS E. MULLENS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...host rock for the large gold ore deposits at the Carlin and Cortez mines, Nevada UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...the Roberts Mountains Formation, North-Central Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1063) Bibliography:...Stratigraphic Devonian. 3. Petrology Nevada. 4. Paleontology Nevada. 5. Geology Nevada. I. Title. II. Series: United |  | | Report (issue) | | Vft ^..^ EXPLORATION TARGETS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA RALPH J. ROBERTS ..-"' ';,v;A "'''.k^ : -:*-...y .V t Exploration targets in north-central Nevada . i *' «>y I i ? Ralph J. Roberts < '...exploration targets like those f in north-central Nevada. Here, a unique combination of geologic features...ones. ' ' Most of the major mineral districts in Nevada were discovered by that controlled the migration...ore bodies. . j During the early Paleozoic, Nevada lay within the Cordilleran geosyncline (Roberts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IMPORTANCE OF EOCENE MAGMATISM IN GOLD MINERALIZATION OF THE CARLIN TREND, NEVADA—A REPLY MICHAEL W. RESSEL,†...Sciences/172, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and... University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND WAYNE S. TRUDEL Newmont Mining Corporation, P.O...O. Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 We appreciate the comments of G.D. Langstaff and the opportunity to...to elaborate on the origin of Carlin-type gold deposits. Langstaff focuses on two of the critical issues |
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