 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Environmental geochemistry of abandoned mercury mines in West-Central Nevada, USA John E. Gray*, James G. Crock...80225, USA Abstract The Humboldt River is a closed basin and is the longest river in Nevada. Numerous...mines into surrounding ecosystems, including the Humboldt River, is of environmental concern. Samples of...the mines. Sediment samples collected from the Humboldt River basin contain 40.28 mg Hg/kg. Leachate samples...were found in water samples collected from the Humboldt River system, and these were below the 0.012 mg/l |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MC DERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA-OREGON By James J. Rytuba Menlo Park, California...standards Geology and Ore Deposits of. the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada-Oregon <. By James J. Rytuba Menlo Park...California ABSTRACT The McDermitt caldera is a Miocene collapse structure along the Nevada-Oregon border. The...the mercury mines of Bretz, Cordero, McDermitt, Opalite, and Ruja and the Moonlight uranium mine. The...The mercury mines are adjacent to ring fracture faults, and the uranium mine and other uranium occurrences |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (hexagonal HgS), the most important source for mercury, is normally brilliant red and has been used throughout...composition and found that it decreased with decreasing mercury Editorial handling: R. J. Goldfarb J. K. McCormack...Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA e-mail: mccormac@mines.unr.edu Tel...its occurrences at Steamboat Springs, Nevada, and the Opalite deposit, Oregon. Electron microprobe analyses...cinnabar from the Steamboat Springs (Washoe Co., NV), Opalite (Malheur Co., OR), Silver Cloud (Elko Co., NV) |  | | Report (volume) | | DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR COUNTY OREGON, AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA BY ROBERT G. YATES......................................... Native mercury................................... Terlinguaite.................... Opalite mine......................................... Bretz mine.............................................. Cordero mine......................................... 325 326 327 329 329...Geologic map of the Opalite district, Malheur County, Oreg., and Humboldt County, Nev. In pocket 53. |  | | Report (volume) | | Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 742-A...Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada By SCOTT A. MINOR, ROBERT L. TURNER, and...Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada. (Mineral resources of wilderness study...Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada. CONTENTS Summary Al Abstract 1 Character...Acknowledgments 6 Appraisal of identified resources 6 Mining history 6 Prospects, claims, and mineralized areas |  | Mccormack, John K., Dickson, Frank W., Leshendok, Maureen P. (1991) Radtkeite, Hg3S2ClI, a new mineral from the McDermitt mercury deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada. American Mineralogist, 76 (9-10) 1715-1721 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HgrSrCl[ a new mineral from the McDermitt mercury deposit Humboldt County, Nevada JorrN K. McConvracr, Fn,lNr...Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, U.S.A. Ansrnacr Radtkeite, Hg...corderoite at one locality in the McDermitt mercury mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. The mineral occurs mostly...Radtkeite, HgrSrClI, occursin the McDermitt mercury deposit in north-central Nevada, about 7 miles southwest of...of the town of McDermitt, Nevada-Oregon. The McDermitt mine is adjacent to the inactive Cordero, Crofoot |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SILVER WITH MERCURY, ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, AND CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL AT THE HUANCAVELICA DISTRICT, PERU DONALD... C. NOBLE Mackay Schoolof Mines, Universityof Nevada-Reno,Reno,Nevada89557 AND C•SAR E. VIDAL PerubarS... Peru Introductionand GeologicSetting native mercury are closely associatedwith pyrite, The Huancavelicadistrictin...and stibniteand, lois the largest producer of mercury in the western cally, with hydrocarbonand/or bituminousmaterial...assemblageoccursmainly as impregnations of the district have been describedby Yates et al. in the quartzite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Analysis of Changes in Lode Mining Claims Around the McDermitt Caldera, Northern Nevada and Southern Oregon J...for future land use every ten years. Predicting mining activities on federal lands is difficult as current...cases, historic mining claims may serve as a useful proxy for determining where mining-related activities...and characterize mining claim activities around the McDermitt Caldera in northern Nevada and southern Oregon...The most significant advantage of arranging the mining claim data into a STC is the ability to visualize |  | | Journal (issue) | | OREGON'S OPALITE MINING DISTRICT ACTIVE AGAI N By Howard C. Brooks* Introduction The Bretz mine in the...the Opalite mining district of southern Mal heur County, Oregon, is again producing a substantial anount...in operation in late 1956 by the Arentz-Comstock Mining Venture of Salt Lake City, Utah. In the years 1931...to 1944 the property was operated by the Bradley Mining Company during which time it produced 10,309 flasks...producers of this strategic metal. , The Opalite mining district includes two other deposits having considerable |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | uranium deposits in northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, USA Stephen B. Castor ) , Christopher...NV 89557, USA Received 14 June 1999; accepted 24 September 1999 Abstract Northwestern Nevada and southeastern...peralkaline rocks in the McDermitt and Virgin Valley calderas. At McDermitt, major deposits are along...ŽKings River. and northern ring fractures ŽBretz–Opalite. of the caldera complex. The Kings River deposits...contemporaneous with igneous activity. The Bretz–Opalite deposits, which include the large Aurora resource |  | | Report (volume) | | Fifteen Mile Creek Wilderness Study Area, Malheur County, Oregon B4 Map showing generalized geology and...of Oregon Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Malheur County, Oregon B6 Map showing generalized geology and...Twelve Mile Creek Wilderness Study Area, Malheur County, Oregon B8 Map showing generalized geology and...the Fifteen Mile Creek Wilderness Study Area B7 Mining and exploration history B7 Results of investigation...resources of the Willow Creek Wilderness Study Area BIO Mining and mineral exploration history BIO Methods of |  | | Report (issue) | | of low-temperature secondary origin (McDermitt mine, Nevada, USA); in an oxidized hydrothermal deposit...cristobalite, orthoclase, plagioclase (McDermitt mine, Nevada, USA); cinnabar, calomel, eglestonite, arzakite...kuznetsovite, mercury, quartz, kaolinite (Arzak deposit, Russia). Distribution: In the USA, in Nevada, from the...the McDermitt mercury mine, Opalite district, Humboldt Co. [TL]; at the Paradise Peak mine, Fairplay...Fairplay district, Nye Co.; and in the Gold Quarry mine, near Carlin, Maggie Creek district, Eureka Co. From |  | | Report (issue) | | 130.17(2)° Z = 8 X-ray Powder Pattern: McDermitt mine, Nevada, USA. 2.64 (100), 2.71 (44), 3.90 (41), 2...(2) 72.66 4.28 15.32 7.74 100.00 (1) McDermitt mine, Nevada, USA; by electron microprobe, average of ten...Distribution: In the McDermitt mercury mine, Opalite district, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA. Name: Honors Arthur...California, USA. Type Material: Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada; National Museum...Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 168450. References: (1) McCormack, J.K., F.W. Dickson |  | Peters, S.G., Nash, J.T., John, D.A., Spanski, G.T., King, H.D., Connors, K.A., Moring, B.C., Doebrich, J.L., McGuire, D.J., Albino, G.V., Dunn, V.C., Theodore, T.G., Ludington, S.D. (1996) Metallic mineral resources in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-712) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96712 | 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............................Cox and Singer, 1986)...........31 Hot-spring mercury deposits (model 27a of Cox and Singer, 1986).. |  | | Report (issue) | | Geochemical Data for Environmental Studies of Mercury Mines in Nevada by John E. Gray, Monique G. Adams, James...TABLES Table 1. Description and production of mercury mines studied....................................Geochemical data for sediment and rock samples in the Humboldt River study............. Table 5. Geochemical...Geochemical data for calcine samples collected in the Humboldt River study............... Table 6. Geochemical data...data for water samples collected in the Humboldt River study................. 10 11 12 22 31 40 FIGURES |  | | Report (volume) | | Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada By ROBERT C. ROBACK, DEAN B....Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin...(OR-002-081/NV-020-642) Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada. CONTENTS Summary Bl Abstract...9 Conclusions 9 Mineral resources 9 Silver and mercury deposits 10 Epithermal gold-silver deposits 10 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Flatirons Gem & Mineral Show, “Rocks & Rails”, Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Rd., Longmont CO, Main...each day. Held in conjunction with the Boulder County Model Railroad Club Show. We’ll have a USGS booth...unique name for a mineral dealer: O'Dark Thirty Boyz Mining. BELOW: Joe and Susan Dorris of Pinnacle 5 Minerals...unique specimen in the Show: Cave pearl nest, Ouray County, Colorado. The Denver Area Mineral Dealers held...fall 2019 Gem and Mineral Show at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on November 15-17. I have attended |  | | 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) | | SEDIMENTS WITHIN THE McOERMITT CALDERA COMPLEX OF NEVADA AND OREGON By Richard K. Glanzman and James J...sediments-Alteration------McDermitt Mine Area------Bretz Mine Area Opalite Mine Area--Bull Basin Montana...3. 4. 5. 6. Generalized geologic map of the McDermitt caldera complex----- -- Relationships between...the McDermitt caldera complexAlteration zones in the altered tuffaceous sediments in the McDermitt caldera...-Alteration zones in tuffaceous sediments near the McDermitt Mine--Relationships between zeolites, feldspar, |  | Bawiec, Walter J., Abrams, Gerda A., Finn, Carol Ann, Pitkin, James A., Ryder, Jean L., Smith, Steven M., Theobald, Paul K., Meulen, Vander, Dean, B., Walker, George W. (1990) Assessment of the mineral resources for the Adel 1 degree by 2 degrees quadrangle, Oregon. Open-File Report Vol. 1990 (89-177) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89177 | Report (issue) | | alteration and related deposits are also present. Mercury, uranium, lithium, gold, silver, copper, lead,...quadrangle is from the Opalite mercury district, which is associated with the McDermitt Caldera Complex and...specialty clays presently being rained in the McDermitt calderas (J. Rytuba, personal communication)....deposits. However, a CUSMAP study could stimulate the mining vi industry with its new products, and through...lies in the southeast corner of Oregon along the Nevada border (fig. 1) and is included in the northern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Article Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical...D. Henry * Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA; vgerboa@gmail...Lithium deposits in tuffaceous sediments of the McDermitt caldera constitute possibly the world’s largest...and origin are not established. The 40 × 25 km McDermitt caldera collapsed during the eruption of ~1000...illite; smectite; diagenesis; tuff; hydrothermal; McDermitt caldera 1. Introduction Lithium, essential to |  | | Report (issue) | | UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Val,. S X X I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No...No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH. BAILEY and DAVID A. PHOENIX Geologists, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY NEVADA STATE BUREAU OF MINES IN COOPERATION WiTH UNITED STATES OEOLOOlCAL...SURVEY PRICE ONE DOLLAR j sin PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA STATEBUREAUOF MINES A N D THE MACKAY &HWL OF MINES...THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA Entered in the Post Office at Reno, Nevada, as second-class matter |  | | Report (issue) | | = [18] X-ray Powder Pattern: Terlingua, Texas, USA. 2.914 (10), 2.615 (10), 3.884 (6), 2.013 (6), 1...30 1.03 3.10 Total 99.86 (1) Terlingua, Texas, USA; averages of numerous partial analyses, corresponds...hydrothermal mercury deposits. Association: Terlinguaite, gypsum, barite, calcite, other mercury minerals...Texas, USA); mosesite, calomel, montroydite (McDermitt mine, Nevada, USA). Distribution: In the USA, from...Idria district, San Benito Co., California; and in the McDermitt and Cordero mercury mines, Opalite district |  | | Report (volume) | | North Fork of the Little Humboldt River W.. .mess St Area Humboldt County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Fork of the Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area, Humboldt County, Nevada By JOCELYN A. PETERSON...RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS: LITTLE HUMBOLDT RIVER REGION, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD...Fork of the Little Humboldt River Wilderness study area, Humboldt County, Nevada (U.S. Geological Survey...and mineral resources Nevada Little Humboldt River Wilderness. 2 Little Humboldt River Wilderness (Nev |  | | Report (issue) | | wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research |
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