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Gold from
Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:274073
Long-form Identifier:1:3:274073:7
GUID (UUID V4):80cd27f4-d8b9-46ac-b4f5-6a1d8e3eaa4f
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Report (volume)
Geology of the Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda C::ounty, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY evada BULLETIN ...1423 Geology. of the Red Mountain Mining District, Es:meralda County, Nevada By W. J. KEITH ---~-...William J. 1933Geology of the Red Mountain mining district, Esmeralda County, Nevada (Geological Survey Bulletin... Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Nevada-Esmeralda Co. 3. Geology-Nevada-Esmeralda Co. I. Title. II. Series:...1. <1eologic map of the Red Mountain mmmg district, Esmeralda County, Nevada ---------------------------------------
Report (volume)
Silver Peak Range Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1731-G...Silver Peak Range Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada By WILLIAM J. KEITH, ROBERT L. TURNER...MINERAL RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: CENTRAL NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL...Silver Peak Range Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1731-G...: I 19.3:1731-G 1. Mines and mineral resources Nevada Silver Peak Range Wilderness. 2. Silver Peak Range
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
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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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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
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Range (NV-050-338) Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada By Betty Adrian , Robert Turner , Mollie...Range (NV-050-338) Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada.........................................Range (NV-050-338) Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada...................... 2 TABLES Table...Range (NV-050-338) Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada. INTRODUCTION In 1985, the U.S. Geological...Silver Peak Range Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada. The Silver Peak Range Wilderness Study
Report (issue)
THE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC MAGMATIC ARC OF WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA by Jeff L. Doebrich 1 ,...Open-File Report 96-9 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology This report is preliminary...School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 'Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, MS...MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 'U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, 8920 West 2nd................................. Polymetallic and Gold Veins, Undivided ..............................
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..................................ix Chapter l Gold at Randsburg . ........................... l Chapter...They Got the Gold and Silver .............. 13 Chapter 3 Silver Mining at Red Mountain ...............Tungsten Mining in the Atolia "Spud Patch" ....... 23 Chapter 5 Modem Gold Mining in the Rand District .....(,\_L/,- an Early Sketch Map of THE RAND MINING DISTRICT by McPnrrson abo�t 189' Fro"1 G..,. 'vi ...Bonanza: The Story of Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp. (Courtesy ofArthur H. Clark Company.) ;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silver Peak Range and Adjacent Areas, West-Central Nevada David S. Diamond & Raymond V. Ingersoll To cite...Silver Peak Range and Adjacent Areas, West-Central Nevada, International Geology Review, 44:7, 588-623, DOI:...Silver Peak Range and Adjacent Areas, West-Central Nevada DAVID S. DIAMOND1 AND RAYMOND V. INGERSOLL2 Downloaded...Abstract The Silver Peak region of west-central Nevada provides a unique opportunity to study the history...Cretaceous to Paleogene attenuation faults. The Esmeralda basin evolved in the hanging wall of the detachmentfault
Report (issue)
part of the southern Monte Cristo Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada By Steven W. Moore Open-File Report ...welded tuff member ................ Lithology of the red welded tuff member ................ Age and correlation............. Age and correlation ............. Esmeralda Formation Blair Junction sequence ... Distribution... Stratigraphy Tertiary System Oligocene to Miocene Series Esmeralda Formation Blair Junction sequence continued Page...Miocene or Pliocene(?) series ............. 91 Post-Esmeralda Formation volcanic rocks. ..... 91 Lithology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photo. November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas...fossils, 386-91; gemstones, 379-84; geology, 360-65; gold mines and specimens, 371-78; minerals, 396-409;...Pennington County, South Dakota, 188-90; Benitoite, San Benito County, California, 392-95; Gold, Jamestown
Journal (issue)
Termites 15 Article - M. Nelson, Grand Canyon Mining: Orphan Mine and Halotrichite 16 Presidential...iron) it shows a variety of colors ranging from red to red-orange to brown to rose-pink to gray to gray-blue...along the eastern flank of the Southern Rocky Mountain epeirogen with a focus on “Pikes Dome,” an interfluve...American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies AFMS Convention...everyone had so much fun in 2020, the Sublette County Rock Hounds have graciously stepped up to host
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Most Endangered Historic Places, the Red Mountain mining district is world renowned for its breathtaking...century, the Red Mountain mining district was one of the richest and most productive mining areas in the...sprang up overnight. It was evident that the Red Mountain district was highly mineralized, but, early on, only...deposits typical of the San Juans, the ore in the Red Mountains formed in “chimneys,” some 30-100 feet...find was out, prospectors quickly flowed into the district, with Ouray and Silverton vying to be the main
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
,-e Grizzly Bear Mine ~ Silver Link Mine ~ Mountain Monarch Mine o TOM ROSEMEYER 1632 Camp Bird...18705 and 18805 was a bustling scene of silver-mining activity. The Pilot mine is situated at an elevation...of 11,800 feet on the northwest slope of Stony Mountain in this picturesque basin. The Pilot claim was...Figure 2. Pilot mine portal, Yankee Boy Basin, Ouray County, Colorado. Downloaded by [Arizona State University]...quartz crystal side by side, Pilot mine, Ouray County, Colorado. The only metallic minerals found in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inch on edge, from the Henderson mine, Clear Creek County. Figure 2 (right). Green fluorite encrusted with...prospect in the Needle Mountain Wilderness area near Columbine Lake, La Plata County; largest crystal measures...C*O*L*O*R*A*D*O FLUORITE BARBARA L. MUNTYAN Ouray County Museum Ouray, Colorado 81427 Mineral photographs...locations in Mexico; in Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee, and in Hardin County, Illinois, in the United States;...Fluorite occurs in significant amounts in many of the mining districts of the Colorado mineral belt. [The Colorado
Report (volume)
metallic values from the ores of copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, graphite, molybdenum, mercury, etcetera...so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost...most wear, Worthington meets the needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Mills PUMPS, COMPRESSORS, OIL AND GAS ENGINES, MINING AND SMELTING MACHINERY CTON JOHN D. RYAN,
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Reconnaissance for Radioactivity in the Metal-Mining Districts of the San Juan Mountains Colorado GEOLOGICAL... Reconnaissance for M>-O m Radioactivity in the Metal-Mining Districts of the San Juan Mountains Colorado By...1918Keconnaissance for radioactivity in the metal-mining districts of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado,..._______________ CeboUa district..______________________________ Upper Uncompahgre district. ______ _________________________...e localities ____________ _________________ Red Mountain district____________________________________
Journal (issue)
Radioactivity and Rockhounding SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN SUMMER Gold, Diamonds, and A Cast of Characters TANTALIZING...50 SUMMER IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS (PART II) 56 Gold, Quartz, The Hope Diamond, And a Cast of Characters...Exhilarating New Arizona Find REGULAR COLUMNS 56 MINERAL COUNTY WANDERINGS Field Notes .........................giveaway is the heart-shaped cabochon, cut from Apache Gold, shown above. This cabochon giveaway came about...Fluorescent Tent • Demos Kids Activities • Geode Cutting Gold Panning July 3 1 , Aug. 1 -2 , 2 0 2 0 FI N DLAY
Report (issue)
For the past 250 years, men have sought to extract gold and silver from these mountains. However, it was...the extent of their mineral wealth. In addition to gold and silver, the region produced economic quantities...zinc, tungsten, and copper. In 1896 world-renowned mining engineer Thomas ''T.A." Rickard called the San...San Juans one of Colorado's four great mining regions along with Leadville, Cripple Creek, and Central City...kingdom that there were silver mines caused the mountain to be called Sierra de la Plata [Silver Mountains]
Report (issue)
Extensional Tectonics Near the Latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada Edited by Brian P. Wernicke Department of Earth...extensional tectonics near the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada / edited by Brian P. Wernicke. p. cm.— (Memoir...index. ISBN 0-8137-1176-2 1. Geology, Structural—Nevada—Las Vegas Region. I. Wernicke, Brian P., 1958-...and faulting in the Castle Mountains, southern Nevada and eastern California .......0... 00 ccc Ryan...Range Province, northwestern Arizona and southern Nevada; Implications for kinematic models DE CONnUNCHIOL
Journal (volume)
above; Sacramento, 50° above; Visalia, 48° above; Red Bluff 50° above. These figures speak volumes for...City, Sierra county, to be thankful for a good deal. The telegraph for the Bald Mountain mine maintains...eters A — To drift mining, a method by which hydrau- ready achieved mining operations are sometimes...supplemented, the remarks in an article on hydraulic mining last week may be largely applied; this branch olfcthe...that date (Wednesday), in copper, lead, silver and gold, the latter being San Francisco, at the hour named
Report (issue)
particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals...Woodcock, formerly of the State Mining Bureau. Walter W. Bradley of the State Mining Bureau, M. Vonsen of Petaluma
Report (volume)
Indicator Element or Mineralized Volcanic Pipes n the Red Mountains Area, Nestern SanJuan Mountains, Jolorado...)repared in cooperation with the Colorado tate Mining Industrial Development Board (rsenic as a geochemical...INDICATOR ELEMENT FOR MINERALIZED VOLCANIC PIPES IN THE RED MOUNTAINS AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO...FREDERICK N. G. LuEDKE, WARD ABSTRACT In the Red Mountains and adjacent areas, southwestern Colorado...determinations. INTRODUCTION The Red Mountains mining district, Ouray and San Juan Counties, southwestern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Among the buildings were Transportation, Mines and Mining, Electricity, Manufactures and Liberal Arts, Administration...Exposition was the first world’s fair at which mining was given a building of its own and placed on an...other industrial pursuits. In fact, the Mines and Mining Building Karen and Mark Vendl are geologists who...who collect Colorado minerals and study Colorado mining history. Located in the Chicago area, they have...the exposition grounds (fig. 2), in part because mining ranked third in value of production among the industries
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 215 URANIUM IN THE METAL-MINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO By R. U. King, B. F. Leonard...Survey, Washington 25, D. C. URANIUM IN THE METAL-MINING DISTRICTS OF COLORADO By R. U. King, B. F. Leonard...deposits to mineral zoning in the Central City district, Colorado ............................. 5 TABLE...vein deposits are the most important in the metal-mining districts. Pitchblende is the most common urajiium...has been found in six kinds of veins: (1) pyritic gold, (2) lead-zincsilver, (3) fluorite, (4) telluride
 
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