 | | Report (issue) | | COPPER. THE YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, NEVADA. By FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME. INTRODUCTION. The town of...of Yerington is in Lyon County, in that part of western Nevada which lies between Tahoe and Walker lakes...Southern Pacific. The town lies in the middle of Mason Valley, through which Walker River flows northward...near Wabuska, around the north end of the Walker Range on its way to Walker Lake. A small part only of...however, most of it being used for irrigating Mason Valley, which is under extensive cultivation and yields |  | | Report (issue) | | 114 GEOLOGY AND ORE DE_POSITS OF THE YERINGTON DIST_RICT, NEVADA BY • ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.................................. . . History of mining .......................... . Production .........geology-Continued. 9 Epitome of the. geologic history of the 9 district .....•......................... 9 Part II. The........ . 20 Bluestone :mine ................ ·........ . 2'0 Mason Valley mine ............................. . 21 _ Malachite mine ............ .' .......... ·.. . 22 McConnell mine ........ : ........... |  | | 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........ YERINGTON SUPERSYSTEM ........................................................ Yerington Batholith |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | theMasonValley Mine, YeringtonDistrict,Nevada MARCO T. EINAUDI Abstract Skarn formation at the Mason Valley mine...low-iron diopsidesand intermediate grandites. Pure andradite, as overgrowthsand in cross-cuttingveins,becomesmore...55 mole percent andraditeand are zonedto pure andradite. Later garnets,contemporaneous with chalcopyrite...chalcopyrite deposition, consist of pure andradite. The iron content of pyroxene increases gradually and systematicallytoward...in the Yerington district, field relationsand chemicalcompositionof coexistLyon County, Nevada, 2.5 km |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | skarntypes,and actinolite(+ salite)formedlocallyat the andradite-marble contact. In detail, magnesium-rich skarnnearestthe...nearthegranodiorite. Iron-rich skarn consistsof andradite garnet, which on the outer skarn contactdirectly...trend towardincreasing #Fe/#Mg. At the DouglasHill mine, apatite,quartz, and sulfidesreplacedandradite....magnesiumrich skarnare inferred to have been in the range 650ø to below 400øC. Temperaturesof formationof...pergeneore was of fairly high grade. The Casting Copper mine produced0.45 million tonsof oxideand sulfideore |  | | 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...represented by numerous geothermal areas. The range of minerals found in mines, quarries, and prospect...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 85281 in $KARNdepositsoccur throughouta broad range of variationof garnet and pyroxeneis alsodiscussed...•.• • •5 AND D. M. BURT /•..--KA MAISHI yERiNGTON...i I!11 • •NAKATATSU •YOSHIOKA PINE CREEK•...endoskarnoid is described from the Yerington district skarn in granodioriteat Yerington,and to a lesser extentin...Japan Victoria mine, Nevada DouglasHill and CastingCopper mines(Yerington district),Nevada Caporebasin,Cananea...Tin-tungsten Alaska district, Sonora, Mexico Ruth deposit, Robinsonmining (Ely) district, Nevada Mines GaspS |  | Dilles, John H., Solomon, G. Cleve, Taylor, Hugh P., Einaudi, Marco T. (1992) Oxygen and hydrogen isotope characteristics of hydrothermal alteration at the Ann-Mason porphyry copper deposit, Yerington, Nevada. Economic Geology, 87 (1) 44-63 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.87.1.44 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at the Ann-MasonPorphyry Copper Deposit, Yerington, Nevada* JOHN H. DILLES, Department of Geosciences...3- by 5-km block containingthe mid-Jurassic Ann-Mason porphyrycopperdeposit• 90øW andexposed the hydrothermal...Norton, 1982). Bothprocesses mayhaveoccu-rred at Yerington (Dilles andEinaudi, 1988). The Yeringtondistrict...palcodepthwith topsto the west (Figs.1 Excellentsurface,mine, and drill core exposuresal- and 2; Dilles, 1984...andfig. 2 from the Ann-Masonporphyry deposit,Yerington of Dilles, 1987). Hydrothermal alteration 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) | | Wisconsin,/215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 USA 2 Department of Geological Sciences, The University...University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063 USA Abstract. An integrated geochemical analysis of the well-...Creek, California tungsten skarn in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Geology and P - T - X (f) framework...California tungsten mine is the largest deposit and only operating property in the Bishop District (Bateman 1965)...fluids and their activities generally lie in the range 10 ~ to i0 -~~ overlapping the average a S 2 for |  | Barkoff, Drew W., Ashley, Kyle T., Guimarães Da Silva, Raquel, Mazdab, Frank K., Steele-MacInnis, Matthew (2019) Thermobarometry of Three Skarns in the Ludwig Area, Nevada, Based On Raman Spectroscopy and Elastic Modeling of Mineral Inclusions in Garnet. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (1) 25-45 doi:10.3749/canmin.1800050 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THERMOBAROMETRY OF THREE SKARNS IN THE LUDWIG AREA, NEVADA, BASED ON RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND ELASTIC MODELING...University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010, USA KYLE T. ASHLEY...4107 O’Hara St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA RAQUEL GUIMARÃES DA SILVA Institute of Geosciences...Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA MATTHEW STEELE-MACINNIS§ Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric...from three skarns in the Ludwig area, Yerington District, Nevada. Raman spectroscopy shows that at ambient |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | -pyrope versus Ca-rich Fe–Al chemical series andradite-grossular), carbonates and silicates. Remote sensing...of a lateritic profile showing changes in in a range of fresh rock and weathering minerals, including...including a zone of metasomatic alteration that a range of fresh rock and weathering minerals, including a zone...for operator adjustments of the data’s dynamic range during acquisition); (ii) blackbody calibration...powerful one for explorers as it delivers a wide range of mineral group information, including: (i) propylitic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to 31 molepercent.The garnetsare predominantly andradite(CaaFe2SiaO•2) with tracesof Mn (0.3 to 2.6 wt...tionfor hedenbergite is: hedenbergite + O2 = andradite+ magnetite+ quartz.The generalequationfor logfo2...sulfur-buffering reaction,hedenbergite + Sa= andradite + pyriteand/or pyrrhotite+ quartz,weredetermined...propertiesof these minerals (Schmitt, diopside andradite 1959). Only recentlyhaveelectronmicroprobeanal-...end-membercompositions, e.g., hedenbergiteand andradite,is to the problemof skarngenesis.These compositional |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1015-1052 Zinc-Lead Skarns of the Yeonhwa-Ulchin District, South Korea SUCKEW YUN Department of Geology...the Yeonhwa-Ulchin district, South Korea. Fig. 3 as the Central mining district,New Mexico(Hernon and...period 1962 to 1981. Early publicationson the district include two 1:50,000geologicquadranglemaps,the...and metal zoningof the three major minesof the district, basedon surfaceand un- derground 'mappingandpetrographic...Geologicmapandcrosssectionof the Yeonhwa-Ulchin district,illustratingPrecambriangranitic basementwith infoldedand |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northwestern Iran ARDESHIR HEZARKHANI1 Department of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir...typically composed either of near end-member andradite or andradite containing approximately 20 mole % grossular...fluid caused crystallization of near–endmember andradite garnet because the system was buffered by the...ratios, relatively oxidized assemblages (e.g., andradite garnet with diopsidic pyroxene, magnetite with...crystallizing in higher-temperature skarns is andradite, and a feature of this garnet is that it commonly |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | west-s•uthwest of Maryboroughin southeast In the Ban Ban district, the low-grade regional Queensland(Fig. 1). metamorphosed...Hs-(Cc) Uncommon: Abbreviations:Ac, actinolite;Ad, andradite-grossular; Bu, bustamite;Cc, calcite;Ch, chlorite;Cp...2.871 2.947 2.982 2.963 Molecular percent Andradite Grossula r Spessartine Pyrope 39.6 53.1 5.9...yellow garnet (Table 2) indicatea wide compositional range,from approximately40 to 100 weight percentandradite...discerned in the skarn. Garnet largecompositional range,e.g.,Ad40to Ad0•,within individualgrains. Rare pink |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Japan(Sato, 1977b). TIlE Fujigatani mine is locatedin the Kuga district, The geologyof the Fujigatani depositwas...described the geolbearing scheeliteare known in this district. The ogy in more detail. Ito (1962) investigatedthe...mineralization. 1066 TUNGSTEN SKARN DEPOSIT, FUJIGATANI MINE 1067 • 'L• Outer Zone. SW Japan • • Kuga ...Nishiki Group Sangun metamorphic rocks Tungsten mine Fx(;. 1. Location map showing the Fujigatani, Kiwada...Cretaceousage (Kawano and Ueda, 1966). The The Fujigatani mine is locatednear the southern tungstendepositsare |  | | Conference Paper/Abstract | | Significant deposits include the recently abandoned Oblaga mine in the middle of the study area, which was producing...resource was defined, which led to small-scale mining in 1987 (Williams et al., 2003). In 2003, reconnaissance...area, outcropping on the eastern side of the Oblaga mine area (Fig. 2). It is characterised by vaguely foliated...specimens and in thin sections. The underground Oblaga mine was shut down when we undertook this study. Therefore...study was based mainly on grab samples from the mine dump, and three dimensional relationships of various |  | | Report (issue) | | Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PA..PER...MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA FRONTISPIECE. Buckingham area. Group of...foreground is Buckingham Camp. Reese River Valley and northern Shoshone Range make up background. View northwestward...Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, DAVID W. BlAKE, THOMAS...COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL |  | | Journal (issue) | | Type Localities: NEVADA: steep northeast wall of glory hole, B & B mine, Esmeralda County CALIFORNIA: burnt...Oceanic mine, San Luis Obispo County TEXAS: Chisos furnace, Terlingua district, Brewster County The Texan...Museum. The mineral is named for Curt N. Schuette, a mining geologist who specialized in mercury deposits....H ) 7 Status: valid Type Locality: Belmont, Nye County Further analysis of the type material showed it...bindheimite (Mason and Vitaliano, 1953) and a member of the stibiconite group (Fleischer, 1983). Mason and Vitaliano |  | | Report (issue) | | GENERATEDSALINEBRINESRELATEDTO MOLYBDENUMAT QUESTA, NEW MEXICO,USA J. Cline,D. Vanko..................................SALINEFLUIDSIN PORPHYRYCOPPER ITS:RESULTSFROMYERINGTO, NEVADA G.L Faratr,C.W. Fitkl ...........................= 1120 °c) to fuse a variety of xenolitbs for a range of ambient country-rock ~These values are re~rred...analysesof icolaGroup (3.6lo 1.9mole%) but is withinthe range adlarpeeDIChist-facics mcllmorphicrocks '-oci 1993)...Whiting, PublicationI, 319-336. CJ. Hodgson& R. Mason,eds.).Soc. Econ. Geol. SpecialPublication2, 213-283 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the minermineralizedskarn,termed chert ore by mine personalogically distinctive types of altered rock...veins, adjacentto wherethe bedsare truncatedby the mine fractures, and skarn-altered carbonate beds in the...wollastonite, vesuvianite, calcite garnet(grossular-andradite solidsolutioh,may contain up to 2.28 wt % SnO2)pyroxene...garnet-pyroxenefacies vertically away from the contact of the mine stock in the Ore lime- amphibole stonewas first...faciesin the lowerskarnzone,MacTungdeposit. the mine stock(Fig. 15). As at MacTung, the full facies |
|
