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Pyrite from
Relief Canyon Mine, Relief Canyon, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Relief Canyon Mine, Relief Canyon, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:717834
Long-form Identifier:1:3:717834:4
GUID (UUID V4):9e517d2f-7ca4-42d1-afb5-1ed6285175d1
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
3.5km (2.2 miles) Red Bird Mine, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Sutherland Mine, Black Knob Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Unnamed prospect, Cow Canyon, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Nevada Packard mine, Independence Hill, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Jamesonite Prospect, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) Pershing Mine (Pershing Quicksilver Mine), Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Hollywood mine, Antelope Springs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Weaver Canyon Mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Octopus Mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
9.1km (5.7 miles) Looney mine, Rochester Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Cu-Mo Deposits: Yerington, Robinson, Hall, Bingham Canyon October, 1994 [ ,l I : f l [ l l, l. L. L ...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
Report (issue)
2° quadrangle, Nevada, with indexing by county, commodity, mine name, mining district, and selected major...resources of the Winnemucca 1° x 2° quadrangle area, Nevada, were collected in support of a series of U.S....Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada: Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties. Table 2 lists...Table 3 is a listing of references by mine and mining district names. Finally, Table 4 indexes the references...for the five Nevada Counties that occur in the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada. COUNTY REFERENCES
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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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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...Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource...of mineral deposits present in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nev. and
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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...Rock National Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19:59 08 January 2015 Near Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada U ntil what seems like only a few years...discovery of unusually fine cinnabar in northern Nevada in the late 1970s signaled the beginning of the...well-crystallized specimens. One of the best of these “new era” Nevada specimens has been nominated as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...and hypercinnabar. Pseudomorphs of cinnabar after pyrite, marcasite, tetrahedrite, dolomite, stibnite, sphalerite...commonly in areas of recent volcanic activity and hot springs. It is frequently associated with other relatively
Report (issue)
in Progress for the Reno 1° x 2° CUSMAP Project, Nevada, with additional bibliography by Gary B. Sidder...STUDIES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR MINING DISTRICTS Shady Run (Fondaway Canyon) Broken Hills Chalk Mountain...Mountain Westgate IXL (Cox Canyon) La Plata (Mountain Wells) Bell Mountain Talapoosa SUMMARY REFERENCES CITED...information to Sidder (1986) on deposit types and mining districts in the Reno quadrangle and additional...coordinator, is mapping the Wabuska and Silver Springs quadrangles. Jack finished his mapping of Tertiary
Report (issue)
Overlying Lower Mesozoic Rocks Humboldt Range, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 592 Stratigraphy...Overlying Lower Mesozoic Rocks Humboldt Range, Nevada By N. J. SILBERLING and ROBERT E. WALLACE GEOLOGICAL...__ Post-Dun Glen lower Mesozoic strata in the Pershing district_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ _...conglomerate from Upper Triassic rocks of the Pershing district_ 3 4 5 8 11 12 14 16 27 32 33 35 37...OVERLYING LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS, HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA By N. J. SrLBERLING and ABSTRACT The Star Peak
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicGeology Vol. 84, 1989, pp. 279-290 The Relief CanyonGold Deposit,Nevada:A MineralizedSolutionBreccia...brecciationchaoticallydisruptedthe golddeposit. Gold,fluorite,pyrite,silver,calcite,andfine-grained silicaarethe principalhydrothermal...Duval Corporationin 1979 detectedgoldin stream THE Relief Canyongolddeposit,at the southend of sediments...the Humboldt Range and 25 km east of Lovelock, Nevada (Fig. 1), is a variant on the theme of "sedi- the...grade(averageof 0.03 oz Au/ton),but the occurrence Mining, Inc., purchasedthe propertyin 1982 andbeganopen-pitminingin
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the Saar-Nahe basin (Germany), the Shengyuan district (China), and at many deposits in Russia. These...the Humboldt Range (Nevada, USA), the Basin district (Montana, USA) and Equity Mine (British Columbia,...(1993), Novazza (Italy) by Cadel (1986), Equity Mine (British Colombia) by Cyr et al. (1984), Wojdak...deposits in the Humboldt Range (Nevada, USA), the Basin district (Montana, USA), in subaerial volcanic and...al. 1980; Turner 1982). The Humboldt Range district of Nevada (e.g. Lincoln Hill 450 "~'~ ~ ~ ~.~
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JULIAN DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY 331 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE JULIAN DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO...DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA * By MAURICE DONNELLY *• OUTLINE OF REPORT Page ABSTRACT __ _____ - - -- ___...------- -------- ---- - - - -- ______ __ - 369 Other Mine r a l D e posits -- -- -- -- -- ------ -- - -------...San Diego County, , California, includes the Julian, Banner, several other less important mining districts...districts, and the Stonewall Mine on the Cuyamaca land grant. In addition to being one of the few areas in
Report (issue)
THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA. By FRANK C. SCHRADER. INTRODUCTION. This report is based on a...a two weeks' visit made to the Rochester district and vicinity by the writer in May, 1913. A brief preliminary...given by mining companies, prospectors, engineers, and surveyors operating in the district has been of:... The Rochester district, comprising about 25 square miles, is in west-central Nevada, in the southern...southern part of Humboldt County. It is 9 miles southeast of Nixon, formerly Oreana, on the main line of the
Journal (volume)
Olaf P. C. A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Chief Geologist Mining Engineer District Mining Engineer Sampson, Assistant District Engineer Chas...Chas. V. Averill, District Mining Engineer Frank Sanborn, Mineral Technologist Henry H. Symons, Statistician....... .... - - ... Herbert A. Franke, Junior Mining Engineer (Librarian) - Los Angeles Los Angeles...San Francisco TABLE OF CONTENTS Page DISTRICT REPORTS OP MINING ENGINEERS Redding Field Division Sacramento
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
Book
ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA] [ 16 / 1985 [ 65-128 265-328 261-336 209-272...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
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so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...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...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp
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California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens
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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...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...analysis to investigate the environmental impact of mining in the southeastern San Juan Mountains and adjacent
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HUANCAVELICA DISTRICT, PERU DONALD C. NOBLE Mackay Schoolof Mines, Universityof Nevada-Reno,Reno,Nevada89557...GeologicSetting native mercury are closely associatedwith pyrite, The Huancavelicadistrictin centralPeru (Fig. 1)...assemblageoccursmainly as impregnations of the district have been describedby Yates et al. in the quartzite...re presentin surmine, the mostimportantin the district (Fig. 1), is roundingareas.Pyrite and tetrahedriteare...chalcedonicsilica,and clay.Tracesof barite, temptsof bulk mining. marcasite,galena, and sphaleritewere observedin
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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...Location of Carlin and similar gold depositsin Nevada. A in the mine and at no scaledo HC stageveinletscut the...Quarry, GA = GoldAcres,Ge -- Getcheil,J -- Jerritt Canyon,N = Northunberland, dikes.HC stageveinletsare cut
Report (volume)
rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...significant tasks. GRADE-TONNAGE MODELS Estimated pre-mining tonnages and grades from over 3,900 well-explored...represents an individual deposit (or, rarely, a district), cumulated in ascending grade or tonnage. Where
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Sunlight, USA Big Hurran mine, USA Yata, China Keumdong, Korea Jeoneui, Korea Mercur, USA Baegwun, Korea...Banyong mine, Korea Beonam, Korea Buegwun, Korea Dongjin, Korea Youngdae mine, Korea Daeil mine, Korea...Korea Yeongbogari mine, Korea Relief Canyon, USA Laforma, Canada Lawyers, Canada Baker mine, Canada Moosehorn...Estella pluton, USA Daedu mine, Korea Buckhorn Mountain, USA Dukat, Russia Barneys Canyon, USA Golden Sunlight...Sunlight, USA Kariiskoe, Russia Shasto, Canada Eskay Creek, Canada Niuxinshan, China Hanshan, China Dublin
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............ District location and aain type of deposit...................... District size classes.................................... Main type of district production................................ Type........... State, county, and district localities.......................... District production and reserves................. Ranges of types of deposits in district*........................ Sources of data........Vercoutere INTRODUCTION Revived interest in gold mining beginning in the late 1970's, caused In part by
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deposits and a regional paleothermal anomaly in Nevada by Charles G. Cunningham Reston, Virginia 22092...with many of the disseminated gold deposits in Nevada: the western edge of the Precambrian granitic crust...particularly in Nevada. The host rocks for some of the deposits, such as those at Jerritt Canyon, Carl in,...deposits are replacement deposits in which gold, pyrite, silica, and locally barite were introduced along...(1985). Locations of the gold-producing districts in Nevada were shown by Bonham (1976) and are plotted on
 
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