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Arsenopyrite from
Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278870
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278870:8
GUID (UUID V4):1159ddd3-6b66-45c8-bddf-0e1f4750afb4
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
6.6km (4.1 miles) Turquoise Ridge Underground Mine (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek pit), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Chimney Creek Mine (Chimney Prospect), Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Turquoise Ridge Mine, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Hansen Creek Deposit, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Riley Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Getchell Underground/Turquoise Ridge, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Link Mine (Missing Link Mine; Big Chief group), Gold Circle Mining District (Midas Mining District), Elko County, Nevada, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
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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...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...the Carlin trend and from the Jerritt Canyon mining district have Pb isotope characteristics similar to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, North-Central Nevada JEAN S. CLINE† University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway...Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010 Abstract Pregold mineralization at the Getchell Carlin-type...contain minor pyrite and trace chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. The pyrite is moderately...galkhaite at Getchell and adularia at the nearby Twin Creeks mine, respectively, most closely approximate the...gold production is supplied by the state of Nevada (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1999), and most
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
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between 95 and4'2Ma. Stage1 pyrrhotite-quartz-arsenopyrite-ehaleopyrite-biotite goldmineralizafion in skarnis...rite-arsenopyrite + goldand silver mineralizafion in skamisrelated tothe99,Ma Osgood Mountains stock... portionof thismanuscript, the GetcheilandTwin Creeks RegionalGeology deposits sharethefollowing characteristics...withdeposits on The tectonic evolution of northern Nevada is characterized by multipleorogenies andthrusting...-72 km northeast NumerousCretaceous of Winnemucca,Nevada,where Paleozoicrocksare intruded zoicstrata.Theseincludethe
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
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
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...with chalcedonic quartz from the Getchell and Twin Creeks mines. Fluid inclusions in Main-stage jasperoid
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)
of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 J. N. CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence Berkeley...adularia is contemporaneous with Au at Twin Creeks, but Twin Creeks is the only Carlin-type deposit where...Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89803. 0361-0128/01/3326/235-14 $6.00 deposits...techniques. 114° 42° JC Carlin-type deposits in Nevada GT CT Elko C Reno AB BM 39° Great Basin...deposits in Nevada. Deposits and major prospects are shown by circles. Deposit or district locations mentioned
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Roleof Sulfidation and Deearbonation at Twin Creeks, Nevada DAVIDP. STENGER, •' STEPHEN E. KESLER, •...databases thatwereprepared by minestaff. Countryrocksat Twin CreeksincludeOrdovician-age interlayered calcareous...our understanding of the geology and Mining Company Twin Creeks mine field tripguide,October, mineralogy...the Twin CreeksMine tionswithinformation fromtwolargegeochemical databases The Twin Creeks mine is located...TwinCreeksCarlin-type the Osgood Mountains justwestof the Pinson,Preble,and deposit nearWinnemucca, Nevada(Fig.1). Getchell
Journal (issue)
J. 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...Spectacular 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...corporations; one of them the mining company that owns and operates the mine, and the other a company that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, USA Abstract Carlin-type gold...within a sample from the Turquoise Ridge deposit (Nevada) occurs within arsenian pyrite overgrowth (rims)... Introduction The Carlin-type gold deposits in Nevada make up one of the largest gold districts in the...northnorthwest to south-southeast trends in central Nevada and are characterized by cryptic gold mineralization...s Carlin Sheep Creek Mountains n Humbolt County Lander County Elko County nta dM goo so Ì eM
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/jgeoexp The occurrence of gold at the Getchell mine, Nevada R.J. Bowell a,Ł , M. Baumann b , M. Gingrich...Getchell Gold Corporation, Getchell Mine, P.O. Box 220, Golconda, NV 89414, USA c Institute of Earth Studies...The Getchell mine, owned by the Getchell Gold Cooperation, is located in northwestern Nevada along the east...east flank of the Osgood Mountains approximately 70 km northeast of Winnemucca. The deposit comprises...deeper parts of the Getchell Main Underground (GMU) mine. The third appears to be a rare occurrence largely
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Florida] at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here has been...rocks and has been identified as a product of coal-mine fires. Commonly associated minerals include orpiment...mines at Paris, Oxford County, Maine, and the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton County, New Hampshire. It occurred...jordanite in zinc ores mined at Balmat, Edwards County, New York (Jensen 1978). It was a rare mineral...mineral in zinc ores at Sterling Hill, Sussex County (Palache 1941) and was an unusual mineral occurring in
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline on quartz, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen...Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber, Leonard... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(Herkimer “diamonds’’), Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen...SepteniberlOctober: Gold, Smuggler Union mine, Telluride district, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alteration: Screamer zone, Betze-Post deposit, Nevada Received: 1 July 2001 / Accepted: 24 January 2002...the same formation and underlain by the Roberts Mountains Formation, both of which contain much smaller...Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA E-mail: Skesler@umich.edu P.B. Zohar Barrick Goldstrike...Elko, NV 89803, USA J.L. Borhauer SNC Lavalin America, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, NV 8903, USA horizontal... Keywords Betze-Post deposit Æ Carlin Æ Gold Æ Nevada Introduction The relation between gold grade and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization at the Lone Tree Mine, Battle Mountain District, Nevada Elizabeth A. Holley,1,† Justin...Michael J. Pribil3 1Department 2Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois...in the northern Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada. Prior to mine closure in 2006, Santa Fe Pacific...or marcasite, which are surrounded by fuzzy arsenopyrite rims that contain up to ~2,000 ppm Au. Low gold...of 40.14 ± 0.74 Ma. Sericite intergrown with arsenopyrite-rimmed pyrite in phenocrysts of the rhyolite
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)
measurements on gold-bearing arsenian pyrite from the Twin Creeks Carlin-type gold deposits show that gold is present...randomly distributed layers with a marcasite or arsenopyrite structure. Ionic gold (AuI+) could be concentrated...ambiguous results on the oxidation state of gold in arsenopyrite and arsenian pyrite from other types of deposits...Mössbauer studies indicate that Au is present in arsenopyrite and arsenian pyrite in a “combined” (structurally...(1995) suggested that chemically bound gold in arsenopyrite and pyrite occupies iron sites in their lattices
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of sulfur in the Betze-Post-Screamer Deposit, Nevada, USA Received: 28 June 2004 / Accepted: 29 March...Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 48109 E-mail: skesler@umich.edu L. C. Riciputi Oak...Laboratory MS6365, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA involvement of hydrothermal solutions of sedimentary...Carlin-type deposit Æ Gold Æ arsenian pyrite Æ Nevada Introduction Carlin-type deposits, which are among...(Arehart 1996; Hofstra and Cline 2000). In northern Nevada and southern China, these elements form large anomalous
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
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...G. R. Rossman Orpiment from the Twin Creeks mine, Humboldt County, N e v a d a ........................ 311 by B. K. Lees The Purple Passion mine, Yavapai County, A rizona.................. 323 by E. Davis...Stanislaus County, C alifornia 333 by G. E. Dunning Brookite from Hale Creek, Trinity County, California...Brookite and anatase from near Georgetown, El Dorado County, C alifornia..................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
late discovery of the phenomenal Cripple Creek district, essentially subsequent to the development of...Analyses of calaverite from the Kirkland Lake district, Ontario, Canada, show up to several tenths of...sylvanite; other commonly associated species include arsenopyrite, tennantite, pyrite, stibnite, and sphalerite...1995). Calaverite is known from the Star mine in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where it occurs rarely...Vindicator mine, Haralson County, and the Consolidated and Singleton mines of the Dahlonega district, Lumpkin
 
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