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Gold from
Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1544420
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1544420:8
GUID (UUID V4):caa55dc2-d8b9-42e8-a659-6ace73df10af
Localities for Gold in this Region
Chukar Footwall Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Mac pit (Mac ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Tusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
9.1km (5.6 miles) Prospect No. 4, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Prospect No. 2, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
10.5km (6.6 miles) Prospect No. 1, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Prospect No. 3, Swales Mountain Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) Lynn Creek placers, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Gold Dollar Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) Big Six mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Mike deposit, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Tusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
controls on the formation of Carlin-type gold deposits in north-central Nevada J O H N L. M U N T E A N j...Geology, Mail Stop 178, University o f Nevada, Reno, N V 89557-0088, USA (e-mail: munteanj@unr, edu) 2Ries-Coward...Grosvenor Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 5ES, UK 30ro Gold Resources Ltd, Suite 1440-625 Howe Street, Vancouver...control linear trends of Carlin-type gold deposits in north-central Nevada. Some of these structures...hydrothermal fluids responsible for formation of Carlin-type gold deposits in the Eocene. The reactivated structures
Report (issue)
Oreshoot Zoning in the Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada By Stephen G. Peters1...Mackay School of Mines, MS-176, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 of Geological Sciences, Mackay...Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 3Mine Geology Department, Barrick Goldstrike..., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89803. 2Department Oreshoot Zoning in the Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike...Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada by Stephen G. Peters1, Gregory C. Ferdock2, Maria B. Woitsekhowskaya1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relationship to Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in the Jerritt Canyon Mining District, Nevada STEPHEN G. PETERS...Geological Sciences, MS-172, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0138 Abstract The Jerritt Canyon...district in the northern Independence Range, northern Nevada, contains multiple, nearly horizontal, thrust masses...and stratigraphically controlled Carlin-type gold deposits. The gold deposits are hosted in tectonically...of hydrothermal fluid flow and locations of Carlin-type gold orebodies in the Jerritt Canyon mining district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Albert H. Hofstra . Frank P. Bierlein The giant Carlin gold province: a protracted interplay of orogenic...Northern Nevada hosts the only province that contains multiple world-class Carlin-type gold deposits...lithospheric mantle. Globally, most other significant gold provinces form in volcanic arcs and accreted terranes...terranes proximal to convergent margins. In northern Nevada, periodic reactivation of basement faults along...discharge of basinal brines that deposited syngenetic gold along the basin margins. Inversion of these basins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Special Issue Devoted to Gold Deposits in Northern Nevada: Part 2. Carlin-Type Deposits Preface ALBERT...issues of Economic Geology devoted to gold deposits in northern Nevada. Readers interested in a general overview...evolution of the region, and synoptic references on each gold deposit type are directed to the preface of the...aspects important to the genesis of gold deposits in northern Nevada and five papers that present detailed...All of the regional papers are pertinent to Carlin-type gold deposits, because they address the age of
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...either the Rodeo Creek or the nearby Dee and Storm gold deposits. Application of micromineralogic techniques
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
Report (issue)
Valley-Independence Lineament, Lynn Window, Eureka County, Nevada by Stephen G. Peters Open-File Report 99-329...Mackay School of Mines, MS-176, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 CONTENTS Abstract Introduction...Figures Figure 1. Generalized geology of the Carlin trend. Figure 2. Stereographic projections of foliation...the Richmond Mountain area, Lynn window, Eureka County, Nevada in back RELATIONS BETWEEN THE RICHMOND...VALLEY-INDEPENDENCE LINEAMENT, LYP T N WINDOW, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA By Stephen G. Peters Abstract The Richmond
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...and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND WAYNE S. TRUDEL Newmont Mining Corporation...Corporation, P.O. Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 We appreciate the comments of G.D. Langstaff and the opportunity...opportunity to elaborate on the origin of Carlin-type gold deposits. Langstaff focuses on two of the critical
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)
B. Zohar Æ Jeffrey L. Borhauer Relation of Carlin-type gold mineralization to lithology, structure and...alteration: Screamer zone, Betze-Post deposit, Nevada Received: 1 July 2001 / Accepted: 24 January 2002...evaluation of the relation between geologic features and gold grade has been undertaken in the Screamer zone of...of the Betze-Post deposit, the largest Carlin-type gold deposit in the world. Screamer, which forms the...Formation, both of which contain much smaller amounts of gold mineralization in the Screamer zone. Geologic features
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1189–1211 Lead in the Getchell-Turquoise Ridge Carlin-Type Gold Deposits from the Perspective of Potential...Igneous and Sedimentary Rock Sources in Northern Nevada: Implications for Fluid and Metal Sources* R. M...J. S. CLINE, University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 C. MARK FANNING, Research...(SHRIMP) in the Getchell and Turquoise Ridge Carlin-type gold deposits (Osgood Mountains) require contribution...siliciclastic and calcareous rocks around the Carlin trend in northeast Nevada. Petrologically similar rocks host
Report (issue)
Color shaded relief map showing the location of gold deposits (see explanation, BM=base metal), state...dashed line), Northern Nevada (orange box), and mining districts (Carlin trend, Beowawe/Mule Canyon–magenta...Region 3-D Hydrogeologic Study Area around the Nevada Test Site.......................................................31 4. A revised 1:250,000 scale Nevada State Digital Geologic Map was produced by Crafford...regional geologic cross sections in the northern Nevada study area by Sweetkind and others (2005a,b) .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and geochemistry of jasperoids from the Gold Bar district, Nevada Received: 17 May 2005 / Accepted: 11 June...Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract Gold Bar is one of several Carlin-type gold mining districts located in the...the Battle Mountain–Eureka trend, Nevada. It is composed of one main deposit, Gold Bar; five satellite...and four resources that contain 1.6 Moz (50 t) of gold. All of the deposits and resources occur at the...faults in slope facies limestones of the Devonian Nevada Group exposed in windows through Ordovician basin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
235–248 Evaluation of Radioisotope Dating of Carlin-Type Deposits in the Great Basin, Western North...of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 J. N. CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence Berkeley...used in attempts to date the mineralization in Carlin-type deposits in the Great Basin, with highly variable...two new dates, for the Rodeo deposit on the Carlin trend and for the Barneys Canyon deposit in Utah....and duration of hydrothermal activity that form Carlin-type deposits is considered highly unlikely. Therefore
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)
TRANSECT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CARUN TREND, ELKO AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA by Stephen G. Peters' Open-File...University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 Figures figure 1. Geology of the Carlin trend and location...section sketch of Carlin Canyon area, figure 7. Sketch map of faulted outcrop, Carlin Canyon area, figure...features in the Carlin Canyon area, figure 9. Structural domain map of the Carlin trend, based on fold...Bedding attitudes and structural linear features from Carlin Canyon area (figs. 6-8). n CONTENTS Abstract
Report (issue)
TRANSECT ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL CARLIN TREND, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA by Stephen G. Peters' Open-File...Mackay School of Mines, MS-176, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-OO47 CONTENTS Introduction iv...27 List of figures figure 1. Geology of the Carlin trend area and location map. figure 2. Location map...Betze orebody, looking NW. figure 7. Contours of gold, sulfur and carbonate, upper central Betze orebody...Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada. plate 2. Inclined Geologic Section
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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 R. BODEN, 1445 High Chaparral Drive, Reno, Nevada 89511...CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 JEAN...Geoscience Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010 ALBERT H. HOFSTRA, U.S. Geological...the only productive Eocene epithermal deposits in Nevada. The district is a particularly clear example of
Journal (issue)
Golden Triangle of Southeast China: Another Carlin Trend? Andy Wilde† (SEG 1998 F), Predictive Mineral...Triangle of SE China: Potential for another Carlin trend, which appeared in the inaugural SGEG Newsletter...focuses on gold deposits of the Carlin trend in northern Nevada. INTRODUCTION Numerous gold deposits and...with sedimentary rock-hosted or “Carlin-type” deposits of northeast Nevada (e.g., Li and Peters, 1998), and...major multinational mining company has explored for Carlin-type deposits in this area. Such deposits represent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fracture-Controlled Fluid Flow in Carlintype Gold Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff PII: DOI: Reference: S0169-1368(19)30820-0...Fracture-Controlled Fluid Flow in Carlintype Gold Deposits, Nevada, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...Fracture-Controlled Fluid Flow in Carlin-type Gold Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff Department of Earth...chemistry of hydrothermal solutions that formed Carlin-type gold deposits in areas that experienced regional...proximity to Eocene igneous rocks (e.g., the Carlin trend) vs. fracture-controlled fluid flow distal to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Geochemistry of the Deep Star Gold Deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada DEAN G. HEITT,† W. WARREN DUNBAR... Newmont Mining Corporation, P.O. Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Center for Research...Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND ROBERT G. JACKSON 150 East...Lane, Spring Creek, Nevada 89815 Abstract Deep Star is a high-grade Carlin-type gold deposit located in...in the northern part of the Carlin trend. The deposit averages 34.0 g/t Au and by year end 2000 had produced
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)
Importance of Eocene Magmatism in Gold Mineralization of the Carlin Trend, Nevada MICHAEL W. RESSEL,† DONALD...Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and...178, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND WAYNE S. TRUDEL Newmont Gold Company, P.O. Box...Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 Abstract The Beast, low-grade (7.3 Mt @ 0.7 g/t), disseminated Au deposit...deposit in the Carlin trend, Nevada, is unique among Carlin-type Au deposits in having as much as 50 percent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of Devonian carbonate-shelf margin, Nevada Jared R. Morrow* Department of Geological Sciences...State University, San Diego, California 92182-1020, USA Charles A. Sandberg U.S. Geological Survey, Box...Denver, Colorado 80225-0046, USA ABSTRACT The north-trending, 550-km-long Nevada segment of the Devonian...depositional and structural settings along the Nevada Devonian platform margin. Recent structural and...morphology, and sedimentation. Keywords: Devonian, Nevada, shelf-slope break, carbonate platforms, tectonism
 
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