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Realgar from
Rabbit Creek Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rabbit Creek Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1547855
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1547855:1
GUID (UUID V4):226bb8af-7de3-4ee7-a5bd-07a82da8dc58
Nearest other occurrences of Realgar
3.0km (1.9 miles) Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Chimney Creek Mine (Chimney Prospect), Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Turquoise Ridge Underground Mine (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek pit), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Turquoise Ridge Mine, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Hansen Creek Deposit, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Getchell Underground/Turquoise Ridge, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) Riley Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Getchell Section 5 pit (Section 5 pit; Marshall Canyon Mine), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
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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.org/10...Fracture-Controlled Fluid Flow in Carlin-type Gold Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff Department of Earth and Environmental...Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy, Socorro, New Mexico 87801...samples of Main-stage quartz; Late-stage quartz, realgar, and barite; and post-ore calcite interlayered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...bulk mineral samples (fluorite, orpiment, and realgar) determined using conventional techniques and of...Turquoise Ridge Carlin-type gold deposits (Osgood Mountains) require contribution from two different Pb...calcareous rocks around the Carlin trend in northeast Nevada. Petrologically similar rocks host the Getchell
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been............................................. 18 Humboldt River porphyry tracL............................Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource
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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 (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
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45%0 (sulfates). Ore-related sulfides (pyrite, realgar) fall at the upper end of the range reported for...ore; fluid inclusions;isotopes; ore-formingfluids; Nevada * E-mail: g.arehart@gns.cri.nz. 0169-1368/96/$15...discovery and development of Carlin as a bulk-tonnage mine between 1962 and 1965 (Hausen and Kerr, 1968). SHDG...most important fossil hydrothermal systems in the USA. Until the past few years, the prevailing hypothesis...Post/Betze) are hosted by the Silurian-Devonian Roberts Mountains and Popovich Formations (Evans, 1980; Fig. 2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eocene Alteration, Twin Creeks Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada C. M. HALL, STEPHEN E. KESLER,† GRIGORE SIMON,*...and muscovite in alteration zones beneath Chimney Creek formed at about 109 to 103 Ma (Cretaceous). Additional...previous studies of the nearby Getchell district, particularly the Osgood stock, which has a date of 98 to 92...92 Ma. Our results suggest that the Osgood stock is part of a more protracted Cretaceous igneous-hydrothermal...largest gold producers in Nevada. It is on the eastern flank of the Osgood Mountains, just west of the Pinson
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801...T R A C T Keywords: Carlin-type gold deposits Nevada Huijiabao trend Fluid inclusion gas analysis Carlin-type...Carlin-type gold deposits in north-central Nevada occur in a region that was the locus of igneous and/or...quartz in mining districts with complex origins. 1. Introduction Since discovery of the Carlin mine in Nevada...the complex tectonic history that north-central Nevada experienced E-mail address: johnagroff@yahoo.com
Report (issue)
MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources (for example, the Humboldt River drainage...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such
Report (issue)
SURVEY CIRCULAR 1062 .r • San jose tin~silver mine at Oruro, Bolivia, where high-grade ores are hosted...on Mineral and Energy Resources, held in Reno, Nevada, February 11-14, 1991 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR...-Soviet research on mineral deposits in the Noril'sk district is underway. Seventh Annual V.E. McKelvey Forum...mineral resources. Once again, we have selected Reno, Nevada, as the site for the Forum, as the city represents...represents an important center for the United States mining industry. Such an environment should enhance the
Report (issue)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File Report 98-338-6...Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/.............................Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...and its relation to gold belts in north-central Nevada: Overview and progress report V.J.S. Grawc/i.....autochthonous rocks that host gold along the Carlin trend, Nevada Augustus K. Armstrong, Ted G. Theodore, Robert
Report (issue)
As(V), in water samples from Kelly Creek Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada D.J. Grimes*, J.B. McHugh*, and...location of Kelly Creek Valley/ and the Preble, Pinson, Getchell, Rabbit Creek, and Chimney Creek disseminated...deposits, Humboldt County, Nevada.............. 2 Plate 1. Map showing water sample sites, Kelly Creek Valley...Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada............... in pocket TABLES Table 1. Analytical methods used for...Kelly Creek Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada...................... 7 INTRODUCTION Kelly Creek Valley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
172 AREHART,CHRYSSOULIS, AND KESLER Chimney Creek 4•' o•1••Post/Betze o•old Quar •1• 4?Elko Rain...1990). Sampleswere obtainedfrom five depositsin Nevada(ChimneyCreek, Gold Acres,Gold Quarry, Post-Betze...Hawkins,1985),ChimneyCreek(Osterberg,1990), Rabbit Creek (Bloomsteinet al., 1991), and Post/ Betze(Arehartet...In noneof thesedepositshasthe natureof primary realgar/orpiment goldoccurrence in sulfideoresbeendocumented...with mineralization in these arsenianpyrite, to realgar-orpiment. Stibnitemaybe disseminatedgold dea constituentof
Journal (issue)
Mineral Quiz 2 King of Kashmir Thallium – Allchar mine Klondike Gold Rush Mineral of the Month: Shattuckite...CHASE THE WIND: Book review THALLIUM AND THE ALLCHAR MINE MINERAL QUIZ No 2 with answers KERNOITE THE KING...and early 20th century. Cornwall is central and mining is its main focus; metal mines, tin and copper...(bal maidens), the tensions between mine owners and miners, mining accidents and the rise of the unions...great read! John Pearce THALLIUM AND THE ALLCHAR MINE The element Thallium (Tl) is present in most rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
area, Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces, and Guangxi District, China Stephen G. Peters a,⁎, Huang Jiazhan b...As-rich rims of pyrite and in disseminations. Late realgar, orpiment, stibnite, and Hg minerals are spatially...provinces of Yunnan (Dian), Guizhou (Qian) and the district of Guangxi (Gui) (Chen, 1987) (Fig. 1). The area...that are in proximity to Carlin-type deposits in Nevada (see also, Arehart, 1996; Hofstra and Cline, 2000)...Dian– Qian–Gui deposits are similar to those in Nevada and include impure carbonate rock or calcareous
Report (chapter)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA Present address: Newmont Exploration Ltd, One United...Centre, 1700 Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, USA Abstract: This paper emphasizes the development of...province (Basin and Range geological province) in Nevada and Utah, western United States. The criteria were...sediment-hosted gold deposits in the United States are in Nevada. During the last 25 years these deposits have been...deposits produced 109 200 kg Au, equivalent to 70% of Nevada gold production and 44% of US gold production.
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. In this issue also: Twin Creeks mine, USA Scott KLEINE, Bryan K. LEES & Malcolm SOUTHWOOD...Paul Cragan (USA) Malcolm Southwood (Australia) Associated Photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Contact: s...orpiment specimen from Cut 62 in Twin Creeks mine, Nevada, USA; 9.6 cm high. Azurite Corporation specimen...well-crystallised orpiment at the Twin Creeks mine in Northern Nevada, USA, and it's subsequent extraction as fine...corporations; one of them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that
Report (issue)
Coal Zone, Puget Group, John Henry No. 1 Mine, King County, Washington Brownfield, M. E., Affolter, R...of the Lower Virgin and Muddy Rivers, Clark County, Nevada Williams, V. S. .............................Valley 1/2° x 1° Quadrangle Including Pine Valley, Nevada Robbins, S.L., Williamson, C., and Oliver, H.W...Homestake Breccia Au-Ag-Cu Deposits, New World District, Cooke City, Montana Van Gosen, B. S. ................... 21 3-D Fluid-Flow Model of the House Creek Field, Powder River Basin, Wyoming Higley, D. K
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al. (1971), and igneousactivity in north-central Nevada (Radtke et al., 1980; Radtke, 1985; Rye, 1985)...exactageof gold ore formationremainscontroversial, mine (Rota, 1987) aswell asthe deep oresat the Getehell...indicatedby Ilchick (1995, p. 208). Seedorff(1991) mine discussedby Berger (1985) and the newly diseov0...17 18 KUEHN AND ROSE ered deep oresat the Rabbit Creek deposit(Parratt and Bloomstein,1989) indicate...Location of Carlin and similar gold depositsin Nevada. A in the mine and at no scaledo HC stageveinletscut the
Report (issue)
Sonora, Mexico Greg E. McKelvey, Phelps Dodge Mining Company Brenda B. Houser, Past-President, Arizona...explore the mining history and mineral deposits of one of the country's most important mining regions; further...reinterpreting the igneous geology of the Tucson Mountains and studying the relation of mineralization, rock...cyanide and toxic metals released from the Summitville mine on downstream water supplies and crops. The distribution...distribution and movement of metals from mining districts of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, and Rio Tinto, Spain
Book
Bagby US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA William Bagby received a Ph.D. in Earth Science from...rocks in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. His mining industry experience includes porphyry copper exploration...at the USGS has been focused on gold deposits in Nevada and a mineral-resource assessment of Costa Rica...Berger US Geological Survey, Spokane, Washington, USA Byron Berger has been involved in exploration for...experience focused on Carlin- type deposits in northern Nevada, and during his tenure with the USGS he has conducted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~ ) : • ,- '1-/Challis r--, - qa'wtooth Mountains r i ~ Elmore'~. -C- -J'-,/,_~, ~ l I ...specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...May 199I-the right to collect in the Sawtooth Mountains of south-central Idaho. Although known by a few...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality
Report (issue)
A view of the main ore zone at the Carlin mine, Nevada. Popovich Hill is on the left and is underlain...by carbonaceous rocks of the Silurian Roberts Mountains Formation. The discovery of this disseminated...geophysical studies of concealed mineral deposits in Nevada and elsewhere, evaluation of the regional geological...geophysical exploration techniques, deposit and district studies, and laboratory research, the program...for analysis of concealed mineral resources in Nevada: A progress report-by Dennis P. Cox, Steve Ludington
Report (issue)
taken in 2006 of an unnamed hot spring in the Rabbit Creek area, Yellowstone National Park. Back Cover...surface waters at Norris Geyser Basin and West Nymph Creek thermal area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming................................ 11 6. West Nymph Creek Thermal Area ......................................................................... 16 11. Rabbit Creek area .........................................and its overflow drainage channel in the upper Rabbit Creek area taken in 2006 ........................
 
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