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Kaolinite from
Rain Mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rain Mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:286203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:286203:3
GUID (UUID V4):8a1a976b-f843-4a60-9faf-ce7bb5e6ff0a
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
3.4km (2.1 miles) Emigrant Springs mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
10.9km (6.7 miles) Standing Elk Claim, Alladin Group, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) Trout Creek/South Bullion deposit, Railroad Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) Barth Mine (West mine), Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Chukar Footwall Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) Maggie Creek Open Pit Gold Mine, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Copper King Mine, Schroeder Mt, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) Tusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) Mike deposit, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold-Bearing Breccias of the Rain Mine, Carlin Trend, Nevada CINDY L. WILLIAMS, Newmont Mining Company, 1700 Lincoln...University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0232 JON. L. POWELL, AND W. WARREN DUNBAR Newmont Mining Company...Company, P.O. Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 Abstract The Rain mine includes two mined-out open pits that contained...7 g/t. Rain orebodies are localized in a breccia complex within the hanging wall of the Rain fault and...Matrix-supported, heterolithic, hydrothermal breccias at Rain consist of sedimentary rock fragments composed of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Carlin Trend, Nevada: Development of the Eocene Plutonic Complex and Significance for Carlin-Type...Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 AND CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY† Nevada Bureau of Mines and...and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 Abstract The Carlin trend contains the largest...largest concentration of Carlin-type gold deposits in the world. Two major controversies about these giant...hosts. However, four igneous episodes affected the Carlin trend, in the Jurassic, Cretaceous, Eocene, and
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
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)
Star Gold Deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada DEAN G. HEITT,† W. WARREN DUNBAR, Newmont Mining Corporation, P.O...O. Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Center for Research in Economic Geology, Mail Stop...Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND ROBERT G. JACKSON 150 East...Flora Lane, Spring Creek, Nevada 89815 Abstract Deep Star is a high-grade Carlin-type gold deposit located...located in the northern part of the Carlin trend. The deposit averages 34.0 g/t Au and by year end 2000 had
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that order. Argillic alteration is zoned from kaolinite-dominated cores to sericite-dominated margins...precipitation, calcite dissolution and sericite-kaolinite coexistence. It also explains the presence of...isotopes as seen at Post and fluid inclusion data from Carlin may be indicative of some phase separation ('boiling')...minimal. Keywords: carlin-type;gold ore; fluid inclusions;isotopes; ore-formingfluids; Nevada * E-mail: g...disseminated gold (SHDG) deposits, also known as Carlin-type gold deposits, have been recognized as a distinct
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Gold Discovery in Northeastern Nevada MOIRA T. SMITH,1,† DAVID RHYS,2 KATHERINA ROSS...located in northeastern Nevada, over 150 km east of the well-explored Carlin trend. Unlike most examples...the cores of mineralized zones, with peripheral kaolinite + sericite and goethite + hematite and, ultimately...this underexplored area of eastern Nevada. Introduction NORTHERN Nevada is home to some of the largest gold...two parallel, NW-trending clusters known as the Carlin and Cortez (or Battle Mountain-Eureka) trends,
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/.............................8 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..............................................^ 34 Carlin-type gold deposits Preliminary facies analysis
Report (issue)
= 7.67 X-ray Powder Pattern: Copper King mine, Nevada, USA; nearly identical to turquoise. 3.68 (10)...48 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Copper King mine, Nevada, USA; after deduction of montmorillonite ∼20%;...associated with copper mineralization (Copper King mine, Nevada, USA). Association: Montmorillonite, apatite, chrysocolla...cuprite, kaolinite, quartz, alunite (Copper King mine, Nevada, USA). Distribution: In the USA, from the...King mine, about 16 km northwest of Carlin, Maggie Creek district, Eureka Co., and the Rain mine, Carlin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Breccia Formation, Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, Nevada, USA Lindsey R. Clark Maroun,1,2 Jean...Parkway, Box 454010, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 2 California 3 Earth Resources...48109 4 Barrick 5 Nevada Gold Exploration Incorporated, 293 Spruce Road, Elko, Nevada 89801 Bureau of...University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 Abstract The Cortez Hills breccia zone, a Nevada Carlin-type gold...gold deposit located in the Cortez district on the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, formed within a high-grade
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
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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...Washington, USA Byron Berger has been involved in exploration for and research on epithermal and Carlin-type...industrial experience focused on Carlin- type deposits in northern Nevada, and during his tenure with the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
long-standing debateovertheloca- matter, at least in the Carlin ores. However, Hausen tion of gold in the mineralscomprising...thattherewasno significant ganic matter and gold at the Carlin depositandsuglens(1973)were amongthe firstto investigate...Mullensindicatedthat nearlythe entiretenorof the Carlin,goldmaybe presentin association as fine particulate...Creek 4•' o•1••Post/Betze o•old Quar •1• 4?Elko Rain Gold Acr •Reno ficationtechniquesdevelopedfor...obtainedfrom five depositsin Nevada(ChimneyCreek, Gold Acres,Gold Quarry, Post-Betze,and Rain; Fig. 1); their gold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
103, pp. 759–782 Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a Genetic Model for the McCoy-Cove...Inc., 240 South Rock Boulevard, Suite 117, Reno, Nevada 89502 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Ralph J. Roberts Center...Research in Economic Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 DAVID L. EMMONS, Round Mountain Gold...Mountain, Nevada 89045 AND KEITH JONES Small Mine Development, P.O. Box 251, Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820...Fish Creek Mountains, Lander County, Nevada. Through the end of mining in 2001, large-scale open-pit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Betze sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposit, Nevada, USA GREGB. AREHART,'** C.STEWART ELDRIDGE,'STEPHENL...University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48 109-1063, USA ZGeology Department and Research School of Earth...unit which hosts much of the ore in north-central Nevada, has isotopic compositions similar to those reported...locally in the Paleozoic section in many parts of Nevada. STABLEISOTOPEMEASUREMENTS LOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION...correlation between organic matter and Au at the Carlin deposit, based on comparative bulk assays. Although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
During Late-Stage Carlin-Type Mineralization in the Getchell and Twin Creeks Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff...During Late-Stage Carlin-Type Mineralization in the Getchell and Twin Creeks Deposits, Nevada, Ore Geology...During Late-Stage Carlin-Type Mineralization in the Getchell and Twin Creeks Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff...Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, New Mexico...mineralization in the Getchell and Twin Creeks deposits, Nevada was undertaken to determine the origin(s) of Late-stage
Report (issue)
SedimentaryRock-Hosted (Carlin-Type) Gold Deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA Zhiping Li1...Economic Geology, MS-172, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047. (or Tianjin Geological Academy...Mackay School of Mines, MS-176, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047 Jift, AU, AS, sbin B, U...SedimentaryRock-Hosted (Carlin-Type) Gold Deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA Zhiping Li1...Economic Geology, MS-172, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047. (or Tianjin Geological 2 Academy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 90, 1995, pp. 17-36 Carlin Gold Deposits,Nevada:Origin in a Deep Zone of Mixing...Pennsylvania16802 Abstract Gold mineralizationat Carlin is clearly youngerthan hydrocarbonmaturation(pre-Cretaceous)and...Introduction suggeststhat Carlin and similardepositsmay actuallybe THE Carlin sedimentary-hosted gold deposit...mostimportantgroupof goldminesdevelopedin maloriginfor Carlin from the followingtypesof evidence: (1) the ch...geochemicalsimilaritiesbetween Carlin and manyother carbonate-hosted disseminatedgold de- oped at Carlin; (2) a maximumdepth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DisseminatedGold Depositsat Post-Betze,Carlin Trend, Northeastern Nevada G. B. AREHART, • Departmentof Geological...00 622 GEOCHRONOLOGY, POST-BETZE Au DEPOSIT, NEVADA 623 ern United Statessuggeststhat zonesof long-term...dantigneousandhydrothermalactivitythroughTercommonlyknown as "Carlin-type" deposits)com- tiary time, others have concludedthat...metal sulfides.The structural evidence in the Carlin mine. A number of gold depositsare indirectlydated...1969). thoughtto be the possibleheatsourcefor the Carlin Sediment-hosted disseminated golddepositsdid not
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...Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy, Socorro, New Mexico...chemistry of hydrothermal solutions that formed Carlin-type gold deposits in areas that experienced regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kazakhstan Gold-sulfide sedimentary-hosted deposit Carlin-type deposit Polygenetic mineralization 40 Ar/39Ar...has some similarities with Carlin-type mineralization, but differs from Carlin deposits by the presence...weathering crust (Begaev and Stepanenko, 1995). Mining of the weathering crust (saprolite) has been exhausted...high rates of sedimentation. The Char-Zimunai district is situated near the Zharma–Saur belt, which formed...deposit is represented by a blanket of kaolinite and kaolinite-hydromica with thicknesses ranging from
Journal (issue)
Water quality in pit lakes — gold deposits - Nevada, USA Imprint Environmental Geology History Environmental...knowledge and experience. Major Secaucus, NJ 07094, USA Tel. (201) 348-4033, Telex 0023-125 994, Fax (201)...same year Changes of address. Allow six weeks for mining and abstraction activities for and remediation...Freiberg/Sachsen, Kaiserstrafe Hydrogeology Mining Geology Davip M. KarGBo U.S. EPA Region III, ...Monitoring Road P. O. Box 1428 Sequim, WA 98382, USA e-mail: degrosbois@aol.com Ormond L. HuDsoN Applied
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogic logging of drill samples from gold and copper mining operations D.M. Hausen and J.R. Odekirk Newrnont...Wakara Way, Suite 210, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA (Accepted after revision April 27, 1990) ABSTRACT...mineralogic logging of drill samples from gold and copper mining operations. In: W. Petruk, A.H. Vassiliou and D...Manitoba and select occurrences in the Bathurst district of New Brunswick, all of which showed remarkably...diversity of other type deposits, including notably the Carlin-type gold deposits. XRD mineralogic logging of
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were some of the words used to describe a lluorite mine in the San Andres Mountains of New Mexico. The author...location for a possible collectin_g ve~ture. The mine was determined to be the Bohrnstedt lluonte mme...for us to reach the mine. This was accomplished and we eventually reached the mine (which included a hike...crystals covered the mine area and it appeared that no one had visited the mine since the U. S. Army...Army had closed the area in the 1940s. The "mine" was really a prospect as it consisted of a trench cut through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper Deposit, Greenlee County, Arizona M. STEPHEN ENDERS,† Newmont Mining Corporation, 1700 Lincoln...hydroxides such as goethite and jarosite, similar to acid mine drainage systems. Order of magnitude estimates of...pyritic mine waste (Edwards et al., 1999), play a fundamental role in the formation of acid mine drainage...carbon dioxide into cell biomass (growth). In acid mine drainage systems, thiobacilli are responsible for...deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada. Dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria occur naturally in acid mine drainage
 
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