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Chert from
Mount Hope mine, Mount Hope Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Chert
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chert data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Hope mine, Mount Hope Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1544357
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1544357:3
GUID (UUID V4):25c4f499-b8e0-4d9e-bdda-707f875b3141
Nearest other occurrences of Chert
33.5km (20.8 miles) Richmond-Eureka mine (Ruby Hill mine), Ruby Hill, Eureka Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
51.9km (32.3 miles) Bald Mountain prospect, Lander County, Nevada, USA
56.2km (34.9 miles) Vantage gold deposit, Bald Mountain Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
59.0km (36.7 miles) Fox Mine (Cortez Turquoise mine), Cortez Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) White Horse Mine, Cortez Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
64.6km (40.1 miles) Louie Hill deposit, Fish Creek Range, Gibellini Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) Dart Prospect, Callaghan Ranch Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
65.4km (40.7 miles) Red Mountain Turquoise, Carico Lake Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
66.9km (41.6 miles) X-15 mine, Lander County, Nevada, USA
68.6km (42.6 miles) Turquoise 50 prospect, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
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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
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral
Report (volume)
Resources of the Roberts Wilderness Study Area, Eureka County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1731-K...Resources of the Roberts Wilderness Study Area, Eureka County, Nevada By EDWIN H. McKEE, HARLAN N. BARTON, and...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: CENTRAL NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...Resources of the Roberts Wilderness Study Area, Eureka County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1731-K...Mines and mineral resources Nevada Roberts Mountains Wilderness. 2. Geology Nevada Roberts Mountains Wilderness
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN-EUREKA AND METALLOGENESIS MINERAL BELT, NEVADA BRIANJ. MAHER,QUENTINJ. BROWNE...BROWNE, ASARCO Inc., 510 East Plumb Lane, Reno, Nevada 89502 AND EDWIN H. McKEE U.S. GeologicalSurvey...quartz-chlorite-epidoteposits in north-central Nevada termed the Battle Mountain-Eureka mineralbelt (Roberts,1966). Field...haveocmetal depositswithin the Battle Mountain-Eureka curred simultaneously in both rock types.Younger...younger, overlying tuffs are locally in north-central Nevada. Age determinations reportedin Table I were done
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tuscarora Au-Ag District: Eocene Volcanic-Hosted Epithermal Deposits in the Carlin Gold Region, Nevada STEPHEN...B. CASTOR,† Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 DAVID...Reno, Nevada 89511 CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno...Reno, Nevada 89557 JEAN S. CLINE, Geoscience Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010...Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 RICHARD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
section on Periods of Plutonism in North-Central Nevada MILES L. SILBERMAN AND EDWIN H. MCKEE Abstract...ve yielded significant production in only one district, Battle Mountain (Copper Canyonand CopperBasin)...zinc-lead-silver). Peripheral gold-silver depositsoccur at Eureka and Copper Canyon. Disseminatedgold depositssuchas...last 40 years.at Getcheil,Gold M•.TAn deposits in Nevada were subdividedby Acres, Carlin, and Cortez do...structuralenvironment,geochronol- GOLD-BEARING DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IDAHO ogy,and geochemistry of the ore deposits
Report (issue)
The Stratigraphic Section in the Vicinity of Eureka, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 276 The... The Stratigraphic Section in the Vicinity of Eureka, Nevada By T. B. NOLAN, C. W. MERRIAM, and J. S. WILLIAMS...the pre- Tertiary stratigraphy of east-central Nevada UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...Ninemile formation. _____ Antelope Valley limestone. Eureka quartzite_______ Hanson Creek formation. _ Western...dolomite__________... Devonian system.__________-_-_-__--_____. Nevada formation_________--______--. Beacon Peak dolomite
Report (issue)
2° quadrangle, Nevada, with indexing by county, commodity, mine name, mining district, and selected major...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...Table 3 is a listing of references by mine and mining district names. Finally, Table 4 indexes the references...for the five Nevada Counties that occur in the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada. COUNTY REFERENCES
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 (issue)
an overall guide been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to...deposits within the state, mostly in the Sierra Nevada. Some of these reports are classics now. Among...Sierra Nevada, Lindgren's 1911 professional paper on the number of very excellent reports Nevada and...longer district Hulin, respectively. the principal features of each gold-bearing district are described...publications were written on various phases of gold mining. The reports of John Trosk, the first State Geologist
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (issue)
limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ........ Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ......
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (issue)
yihiae : i aoe oe MOUNT UNION COLLEGE LIBRA Book No.5.5 7 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA... PALEONTOLOGY OF THE ROBERTS MOUNTAINS REGION, NEVADA BY Cc. W. MERRIAM PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY February...Silurian. . Lone Mountain formation redefined.. Nevada formation redefined... Devils Gate formation....ll 13 14 16 7 General statement......... Lower Nevada formation Crinoidal members... . Siliceous limestones...WW 22 23 24 Devils Gate formation.. 25, Upper Nevada formation... Stringocephalus zone. 24 24 Sections
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...have been found at the Holland mine in Washington Camp Mining District near Nogales, Santa Cruz Co., Ariz...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...minerals are hard to find mainly because of extensive mining and the rambling "rockhounds." Almost all of the
Book (volume)
settled counties will pay to investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Report (volume)
rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...and we call them "mineral deposit models" with the hope that what we have learned about large and high-grade...occurrences to identify their true character and, we hope, to recognize which have potential to constitute...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes
Book (volume)
quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
quality, colorful flint that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...PICKERINGITE, pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits:
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
 
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