 | | Corporate Document | | 2012 Copper King Mine, Silver Crown District, Wyoming (Preliminary Report) W. Dan Hausel Independent...Gilbert, Arizona 11/14/2012 COPPER KING MINE, SILVER CROWN DISTRICT W. Dan Hausel, Independent Geologist...Geologist Gilbert, Arizona Introduction The Silver Crown district (also known as Hecla) lies 20 miles west of...Park along the eastern flank of the Laramie Range. The district is visible on Google Earth (search for...Cheyenne, WYā) and lies within the boundaries of the Laramie 1:100,000 sheet. This area was initially investigated |  | | Report (issue) | | THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING Gary B. Glass, Executive Director and State Geologist ADVISORY BOARD...University of Wyoming Donald B. Basko, Oil and Gas Supervisor Appointed D.L. Blackstone, Jr., Laramie Michael...Cheyenne, Wyoming. This and other publications available from: The Geological Survey of Wyoming P.O. Box...University Station LaIanlle, Wyoming 82071 (307) 766Ā·2286 Front Cover - Wyoming gold. Gold buttons in the...recovered by Dean Farris from mine dump waste in the Gold Hill district. The actual diameter of the button |  | | Report (chapter) | | Survey, Federal Center MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, USA (e-mail: bberger@usgs.gov) Abstract: High-temperature...different 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...from two economically important precious-metal mining districts (Virginia City, Goldfield) and one economically...and geophysical evidence is provided for each district, in support of the likely role of misoriented |  | | Report (issue) | | Gold-Silver Veins ........................................ Quartz-Alunite Epithermal Gold-Silver Veins....................... THE LUCKY BOY AND PAMLICO MINING DISTRICTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY by Daniel R. Shawe...Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....Boy mining district ...................................................... Pamlico mining district .....map of the Lucky Boy mining district 2. Geologic map of the Pamlico mining district ABSTRACT Mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | 27 32 Illustrations Figure 1. Location map of mining districts in the Reno 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada...Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Known production from mining districts in the Reno 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada.............. Occurrences of mineral deposits in mining districts of the Reno 1Ā° x 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada...for 4 years. This report is a review of the known mining districts within the Reno quadrangle, as well as...starting point for those interested in previous mining and research efforts within the Reno quadrangle |  | | Book | | PISTOLS i !?' A J.-. N ; 'jxt . 1 ā \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by ...present authentic inforĀ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive...United States Geological Survey in 1912. Plan. āMining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevadaā, as...parts:āone on mining districts and the other on mineral resources. The section on mining districts is...but gives more extended descriptions and includes mining as well as geological information. The map which |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................ 5 5 Distribution of mining districts.......................................... Wyoming......................................................... PART II. Catalogue of mining districts............................... Classification of mining districts........................................... Wyoming......................................................... Alphabetic index of mining districts...surveys... Map of Arizona, showing location of mining districts............... Map of northern counties |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Localization and Origin of Compartmentalized Fluid Flow, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada BYRON R. BERGER,ā ...vein district world class. In the world-class silver- and gold-producing Comstock mining district, Nevada...lines of evidence lead to the conclusion that the Comstock lode is localized in an extensional stepover between...fault zone, the Comstock fault, and along one of the bounding lateral fault zones, the Silver City fault....dikes and small plugs into the hanging wall of the Comstock fault zone may have impeded the ability of the |  | | Report (issue) | | Epithermal Gold Deposits-Part I The Goldfield Gold District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada By ROGER P...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...ores-Wash1ngton-Ferry County 3 Hydrothermal deposits-Nevada 4 Hydrothermal depos1ts-Wash1ngton-Ferry County I Geologrcal |  | | 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 ----------~-----------------Ā Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE CQMSTOCK LODE DISTRICT, NEVADA Washington, D, C. UNITES Ā£TAT3Ā£ DEPARTMENT...1914; OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE COMSTOGK LODE DISTRICT, NEVADA F. C. Calkins CONTENTS Abstract ...................... Settlements, water supply, and mine openings ........ Routes of travel .................. Quartz monzonite porphyry ............. Granodiorite ................... Tertiary rocks ...................... 31 31 31 31 32 Comstock fault ................... Silver City fault ................. Occidental |  | | Report (volume) | | Volcanic-hosted epithermal gold-silver deposits 40 Adularia-sericite (Comstock) gold-silver veins 41 Quartz-alunite...California 6 4. Map showing approximate locations of mining districts in the Reno quadrangle, Nevada and California...tracts containing or favorable for epithermal gold-silver deposits in the Reno I o by 2Ā° quadrangle, Nevada...(or) current production are adulariasericite gold-silver, porphyry copper, tungsten skarn, iron skarn, and...deposit types including adularia-sericite gold-silver, quartz-alunite gold, porphyry copper, iron skarn |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOPHYSICS ADDITIONAL STUDIES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR MINING DISTRICTS Shady Run (Fondaway Canyon) Broken Hills...information to Sidder (1986) on deposit types and mining districts in the Reno quadrangle and additional...project coordinator, is mapping the Wabuska and Silver Springs quadrangles. Jack finished his mapping...Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic rocks in the Silver/ Springs quadrangle with the type section at Red...gold (Bagby and Berger, 1985; Tooker, 1985) and Comstock-type volcanic-hosted gold (Mosier, Singer, and |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits Of the Lawson-DumontFall River District Clear Creek County Colorado By C. C. HAWLEY and FRANK BAKER...of the general geology and ore deposits of the district which forms the northwestern part of the important...____ _ Hornblende granodiorite group______________________________ Hornblende granodiorite porphyry_______________________...porphyry_______________________ Biotite granodiorite porphyry_------ ______ -------_______ Biotite-quartz monzonite...section of the Lawson-Dumont-Fall River district, Clear County, Colo. 2. ~ap showing major faults (veins) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluid Flow around the Big Bonanza, Comstock Lode Mining District, Nevada R. E. CRISS,ā M. J. SINGLETON...along and above the Comstock fault, near the contact of the Davidson Granodiorite. The core of this gyre...Previous 18O and D studies of the Comstock lode mining district by Sugisaki and Jensen (1971), Taylor...a comparable number of analyses to study entire mining districts (e.g., Taylor, 1971, 1973; Criss et al...represents samples from a three-dimensional array of mine workings and drill cores. Third, the methods we |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Epithermal Alteration and Mineralization in the Comstock District, Nevada DONALD M. HUDSONā 1540 Van Petten...base metal deposits of the world-renowned Comstock district of western Nevada constitute one of several...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...below and in the lower parts of orebodies in the Comstock lode, but it was deposited in the upper parts |  | Yang, K., Huntington, J. F., Boardman, J. W., Mason, P. (1999) Mapping hydrothermal alteration in the Comstock mining district, Nevada, using simulated satelliteāborne hyperspectral data. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46 (6) 915-922 doi:10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00754.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mapping hydrothermal alteration in the Comstock mining district, Nevada, using simulated satellite-borne...P. MASON1 1 CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, PO Box 136, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia. Analytical...Geophysics, 4450 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. 2 Hydrothermal alteration mapping with spaceborne...hyperspectral data was simulated in the Comstock mining district, Nevada in order to evaluate the mineral...change in alteration assemblages across the Comstock and Silver City Faults, and a gradual variation from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Earthās premier gold- and silver-producing regions, and gold and silver are mined from a wide range...gold mining district, producing nearly 125 t (4 Moz) of gold annually. Since large-scale mining began...began in 1965 with the opening of the Carlin mine, the Carlin trend has produced more than 1555 t (50 Moz)...In addition, Nevada produced 543 t (17.4 Moz) of silver in 2001āabout 31 percent of the United States production...numerous mining companies active in the region. In addition, several universities and mining companies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pp. 1574-1613 Fluid-Mineral Relations in the Comstock Lode PETER G. VIKRE ASARCO, Inc., 510 East Plumb...additional bonanzas awaitdiscovery alongunexplored Comstock faultsegments withindeclining palcothermalgradientsto...north. 0361-0128/89/982/1574-3053.00 15 74 COMSTOCK LODE,FLUID-MINERALRELATIONS Introduction THE...which alsoincludes the Occidental(Brunswick)lode, Silver City veins, andFloweryveins.The districtcoverspartsof...(Table 1). Importantpublications pertainingto the Comstock districtincludeBecker(1882), Gianella(1936), F |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright Ā© 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...copyright Ā© 2004 unless otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of...Olivenite, 1.6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph...production of environmental protection equipment. Mining and the discovery, identification, and development...to Nevada in 1929 and was actively involved in mining in the state and the western U.S. for the rest |  | Bagby, W.C., Haxel, G.B., Smith, D.B., Koch, R.D., Grubensky, M.J., Sherrod, D.R., Pickthorn, L.G. (1987) Mineral resource assessment of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. Open-File Report Vol. 1987 (87-609) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr87609 | Report (issue) | | Mountains Formation Map unit KJm Granite and granodiorite Map unit KJg Alaskitic granite Map unit Kg Tertiary...Castle Dome anomaly (7) Geophysical data Review of mining and exploration activity Past production Recent...limonite pseudomorph of pyrite from the Livingston mine. The energy dispersive X-ray pattern shows the identifying...Sumner (1973). 8. Map showing the locations of mining districts in the KNWR area. 9. Gold grade versus...versus tonnage for past production from mining districts in the KNWR compared with grades and tonnages |  | | Report (volume) | | unit, the Kate Peak formation. The Davidson granodiorite is intruded into the Alta formation. Hypabyssal...include many normal faults (exemplified by the Comstock fault), warped and tilted blocks 45 46 CONTRIBUTIONS...famous silver-gold deposits of the Comstock lode. Similar deposits of quicksilver, gold, silver, and tungsten...Lyon Counties, and also the old mining town of Virginia City on the Comstock lode. State Highway 17 connects...work of Calkins and Thayer (1945) in the Comstock lode district was an invaluable starting point, and their |  | | Report (issue) | | Topography, Geology and Mineral Resources.. Douglas Countyā Location and Topography.. Geology and Ore Deposits...Highways_____ Production............................... Mining Districtsā Buckskin (Smith Valley). Gardnerville...... Red Canyon (Silver Lake)......... PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE Wellington (Silver Glance)..... U n...n iv e r s it y o f N e v a d a irmsby Countyā RBNO, NEVADA Location and Topography.............. Geology... Nevada, as second-class m atter under A rt of Mining Districtsā Congress, July 16, 1894. Acceptance |  | Vikre, Peter G., McKee, Edwin H., Silberman, Miles L. (1988) Chronology of Miocene hydrothermal and igneous events in the western Virginia Range, Washoe, Storey, and Lyon counties, Nevada. Economic Geology, 83 (4) 864-874 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.4.864 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the Menlo Park laboratories. forms the Comstock,Silver City, Occidental, and The decayconstants usedfor...pervasivelyaltered quartz-aluniterocks zonitein the Utah mine (Comstocklode footwall)is have formed in extrusive...donein the labora- walls and footwalls of the Comstock, Silver City, tories of the U.S. GeologicalSurvey... (10ā¢ YRS) QUARTZ-ALUNITE ASSEMBLAGE COMSTOCK/OCCIDENTAL SILVER CITY/FLOWERY ASSEMBLAGE malā¢ ā¢ ā¢ r...INTRUSION ā¢ OTHER ,,....ā¢ 'ā¢ "ā¢-" p >1S.5 + /:. ' .' SILVER []INTRUSIVE PART OF KATE PEAK FM. ā¢ ,, "' / |  | 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) | | HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA RANGE, NEVADA, USING ENHANCED LANDSAT...HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA RANGE, NEVADA, USING ENHANCED LANDSAT...Lode, which produced 192 million troy ounces of silver and 8.3 million troy ounces of gold from epithermal...Springs, Antelope Springs, Gold Crater, and Gold Reed mining districts from surrounding unaltered rocks and...deposits, and talus, landslide and mine dumps in the Comstock Lode district Qh Hotspring deposits Qb Basaltic |
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