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Calcite from
Meikle Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Crystals to 25cm
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte92 photos of Calcite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meikle Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (24 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:88778
Long-form Identifier:1:3:88778:2
GUID (UUID V4):4ca500de-0f9a-4bf1-a5c3-d5b1d1d65142
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Rodeo Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Screamer deposit, Betze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Deep Post orebody, Betze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Betze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Purple Vein prospect, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Greater Goldstrike- North Mines, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) Post Deposit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Bootstrap/Capstone/Tara Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Deep Star mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Dee North Mine, Bootstrap Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Mineralogy of the Northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada TED G. THEODORE,† BORIS B. KOTLYAR, DONALD A. SINGER...King Midas Resources, Ltd., 3841 Amador Way, Reno, Nevada 89502 AND ANDREA L. FOSTER U.S. Geological Survey...interpretations of geochemical halos in the Carlin trend. District-scale geochemical patterns of several elements...theodore@usgs.gov 0361-0128/01/3329/287-30 $6.00 Nevada (Fig. 1). The study enhances ongoing efforts to...of Figs. 2–4 Ivanhoe Independence District Pinson Dee Bootstrap North Star Betze/Post Carlin Bullion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Location map for the MeiMe mine and the Murray mine. Prepared by William B. Besse. Downloaded...The golden barite from the Meikle mine and the stibnite from the Murray mine are among the best of their...encounter crystallized mineral specimens while mining for ore usually treat the non-ore asset mineral...while mining underground for gold, have encountered voids with crystallized barite, calcite (Meikle mine)...mine), and stibnite (Murray mine). Although not considered an asset in the same way as gold, the specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of the Meikle and Neighboring Carlin-Type Deposits, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada POUL EMSBO,†...Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89801 AND RICHARD W. HUTCHINSON Department...Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401 Abstract The Meikle mine exploits one of the world’s highest grade Carlin-type...exceed 400 g/t. Several geologic events converged at Meikle to create these spectacular gold grades. Prior...mineralization, a Devonian hydrothermal system altered the Bootstrap limestone to Fe-rich dolomite. Subsequently the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cemented with Calcite and Barite at the Meikle Gold Deposit, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada POUL EMSBO†...event in a complicated hydrothermal history at the Meikle gold deposit was gold deficient but caused extensive...carbonate, collapse brecciation, and precipitation of calcite and barite crystals in the resulting cavities....temperature (ca. 65°C). The δ18O values of barite and calcite indicate that these minerals were in isotopic equilibrium...cathodoluminescence of calcite which indicates that it is Mn rich and Fe poor. Calcite has a narrow range
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 (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...calcareous rocks around the Carlin trend in northeast Nevada. Petrologically similar rocks host the Getchell...Betze-Post and Meikle deposits in the Carlin trend and from the Jerritt Canyon mining district have Pb isotope...1990). In some sedimentary rock-hosted deposits in Nevada, this link has been established (Hitchborn et al
Report (issue)
Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada By Stephen G. Peters1, Gregory C. Ferdock2...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...Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89803. 2Department Oreshoot Zoning in the Carlin-type...Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada by Stephen G. Peters1, Gregory C. Ferdock2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemical, and Textural Evidence for Pervasive Calcite Dissolution and Precipitation Accompanying Hydrothermal...Oxygen isotope ratios measured from microdrilled calcite in limestone wall rocks at the Banshee Carlin-type...indicating isotopic exchange between wallrock calcite and hydrothermal fluids. Isotopic alteration is...replacement of calcite during hydrothermal fluid infiltration. Surface reactions between calcite and the hydrothermal...chemical variations between altered and unaltered calcite in wall-rock limestone and limestone breccia. Cathodoluminescence
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)
Gold at the Betze-Post Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, Nevada, United States Jared D. Lubben,1,* Jean S. Cline...University 2 Mineral of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010 Deposit...luminescent, Al-poor post-ore drusy quartz and later calcite and barite, precipitated either from latest Carlin-related...is one of several major trends in northeastern Nevada that contain more than a hundred Carlin-type deposits...(74.1 Moz; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 2010), demonstrating that northeastern Nevada forms the
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....T. Moore COVER: CALCITE crystal cluster, 13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, Gällivose, Lapland...had also performed in a consulting capacity for mining operations around the world. Jim was both mineral...Jackson to take over the operation of the Rock Candy mine (the subject of a 1981 article by Joe in the Mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JanuaryFebruary: Wulfenite and mimetite. San Francisco mine, Sonora. Mexico. Shirley Fiske specimen, Jeff Scovil...Scovil photo. March/April: Gold, Mystery wind mine, California. Pacific Mineral Museum specimen, Mark...MayNune: Silver with calcite, Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel...July/August: Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen...photo. SeptemberlOctober: Calcite with hematite inclusions, Lei Ping mine, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Goldstrike’s Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada All that glitters is not barite and calcite . .. Downloaded...KULINSKI Barrick Goldstrike Mines 354 W. Oak Street Elko, Nevada 89801 spook1@citlink.net All photos by Casey...visit to the Meikle mine, we saw an interesting pyrite specimen. Actually, it wasn’t in the mine but was setting...desk of a mine electrician in the Meikle administration building. We inquired where in the mine it had come...area,” an area that covers a lot of ground. The Meikle geology staff helped us pin down the exact level
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
347–383 Igneous Geology of the Carlin Trend, Nevada: Development of the Eocene Plutonic Complex and...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...several major gold-producing areas of north-central Nevada and contains the greatest concentration of Carlin-type...*Present address: Newmont Mining Corporation, 337 W. Commercial Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. 0361-0128/06/3579/347-37
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Erica and Harold Van Pelt photo. March/April: Calcite, Guiyang, Hunan Province, China. Terry E. Huizing...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...EricaVan Pelt photo. July/August: Amethyst and calcite, Artigas, Uruguay. Rock Currier specimen, Jeff...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen
Report (issue)
(spiriferminerals.com) had just a few of the stunning new calcite specimens from Malaysia whereas right now there...2021, in a giant cave, some locals discovered a calcite crystal-lined pocket a few meters long with standing...of the pocket walls covered by gleaming white calcite crystals to 10 cm long. The crystals are prisms...(never mind their environment) easily pegs them as calcite. Most of the crystal groups are “starbursts” or...specimens from the 2021 find, with individual calcite crystals from 5 to 8 cm in starbursts, flowers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Special Issue Devoted to Gold Deposits in Northern Nevada: Part 2. Carlin-Type Deposits Preface ALBERT H...Economic Geology devoted to gold deposits in northern Nevada. Readers interested in a general overview of these...important to the genesis of gold deposits in northern Nevada and five papers that present detailed studies of...crust below these mineral belts (Howard, 2003), district- to deposit-scale stream sediment and lithogeochemical...al., 2003), and stratigraphy and structure of a district located along a northeast-striking lineament (Peters
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,
Journal (issue)
micro crystals of manganbabingtonite, quartz, calcite, datolite, and inesite (identity confirmed). We...spent a good bit of time with Walter Lombardo (Nevada Mineral and Book Co.). He has really nice books...Minerals) had stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had...some clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites...specimens of azurite and malachite from the Flambau Mine in Wisconsin, now completely gone, of the chalcocite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada DEAN G. HEITT,† W. WARREN DUNBAR, Newmont Mining Corporation, P.O. Box 669...669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Center for Research in Economic Geology, Mail Stop 169...Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND ROBERT G. JACKSON 150 East...East Flora Lane, Spring Creek, Nevada 89815 Abstract Deep Star is a high-grade Carlin-type gold deposit...quartz matrix. Postore stage 5 is dominated by calcite with lesser siderite and barite. A three-dimensional
Journal (issue)
Terlingua-type fluorescent calcite. fluorescent orange calcite cleavages and well formed calcite crystals were found...mail : Wydar8®aol.com Ortoher 2000 eD_enver Mine rnl News Continued from page 1 net size. Francois...rate req uests to Mine ra l News, P .O . Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene , ID 83816 -2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448...supply of Japan law twin quartz from Pampa Bl anca Mine. Peru. These are singles and matri x specimens up...there were large clusters of amethyst from the Anahi Mine, Bolivia. These are not the ametrine crystal s but
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Gold Discovery in Northeastern Nevada MOIRA T. SMITH,1,† DAVID RHYS,2 KATHERINA ROSS...rock-hosted gold discovery located in northeastern Nevada, over 150 km east of the well-explored Carlin trend...preservation of fine-grained sulfides encapsulated in calcite and silica suggests that the iron oxide assemblages...this underexplored area of eastern Nevada. Introduction NORTHERN Nevada is home to some of the largest gold...ores, mining and exploration activity related to sedimentary rock-hosted gold deposits in Nevada has been
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...W. W. Pinch & J. D. Grice The M eikle m ine, Elko County, N e v a d a ..................................by M. Jensen The Ross H annibal m ine, Lawrence County, South D a k o ta ...............................North Dakota and Washington, and began working as a mining geologist in 1950. During World War II he had served...800-634-4000, code SGE0699 June 4 - 6,1999 ★ MINING ★ GEOLOGY ★ GEMSTONES ★ MINERALOGY ★ JEWELRY ★
 
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