 | | 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 |  | Theodore, T. G., Kotlyar, B. B., Singer, D. A., Berger, V. I., Abbott, E. W., Foster, A. L. (2003) Applied Geochemistry, Geology, and Mineralogy of the Northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (2) 287-316 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.287 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, and Mineralogy of the Northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada TED G. THEODORE,† BORIS B. KOTLYAR, DONALD...King Midas Resources, Ltd., 3841 Amador Way, Reno, Nevada 89502 AND ANDREA L. FOSTER U.S. Geological Survey...Abstract Investigations in the northernmost Carlin trend were undertaken to advance understanding of...metal deposits in the trend. Two fundamental geologic relationships near the trend significantly affect...in a 1,514 m (4,970 ft) hole through the Rodeo Creek deposit were used to construct three-dimensional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Characteristics and origin of sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits: a review Greg B. Arehart * Wairakei...Sediment-hosted disseminated gold (SHDG) deposits comprise a major portion of the gold production and reserves...world gold production. These deposits are characterized by extremely fine-grained disseminated gold, hosted...indicate the ore fluids were probably near neutral and gold was likely carried as a bisulfide complex. The depositional...isotopes as seen at Post and fluid inclusion data from Carlin may be indicative of some phase separation ('boiling') |  | | Report (issue) | | Sediment-Hosted Gold Deposits of the World—Database and Grade and Tonnage Models By Vladimir I. Berger...Bliss, J.D., and Moring, B.C., 2014, Sediment-hosted gold deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage............................................... 8 Mining Methods .................................................................................... 27 Carlin Subtype Grade and Tonnage Model ........................... 33 Grade and Tonnage Differences of Carlin and Chinese Subtypes ......................... |  | | Report (volume) | | Mountains and Popovich Formations, Carlin Mine Area, Eureka County, Nevada By AUGUSTUS K. ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM...Mountains and Popovich Formations in the Carlin mine area, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1684...Mountains and Popovich Formations, Carlin mine area, Eureka County, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin...Petrology-Nevada-Carlin mine region. 2. Photomicrography. 3. Gold ores-Nevada-Carlin mine region. 4....samples 3 Roberts Mountains Formation: altered Carlin mine samples 3 Type I 3 Type II 6 Type III 6 Another |  | | 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...Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite |  | Roberts, Ralph J., Radtke, Arthur S., Coats, R. R., Silberman, Miles L., McKee, Edwin H. (1971) Gold-bearing deposits in north-central Nevada and southwestern Idaho; with a section on periods of plutonism in north-central Nevada. Economic Geology, 66 (1) 14-33 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.66.1.14 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 66, 1971, pp. 14-33 Gold-Bearing Depositsin North-CentralNevadaand Southwestern Idaho R, nPri J...Plutonism in North-Central Nevada MILES L. SILBERMAN AND EDWIN H. MCKEE Abstract Gold-bearingdepositsin n... late Tertiary. Three major epigenefic groupsof gold-bearing deposits are recognized:replacement deposits...and peripheralgold-silverdeposits.The disseminated gold depositsseemto be intermediate in mineralogy betweenthe...chalcopyrite,pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite,sphalerite, and galena was mined as copper-gold ore. Base-metal replacement |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Importance of Eocene Magmatism in Gold Mineralization of the Carlin Trend, Nevada MICHAEL W. RESSEL,† DONALD...Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and...178, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND WAYNE S. TRUDEL Newmont Gold Company, P.O. Box...Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 Abstract The Beast, low-grade (7.3 Mt @ 0.7 g/t), disseminated Au deposit...deposit in the Carlin trend, Nevada, is unique among Carlin-type Au deposits in having as much as 50 percent |  | Heitt, D. G., Dunbar, W. W., Thompson, T. B., Jackson, R. G. (2003) Geology and Geochemistry of the Deep Star Gold Deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (6) 1107-1135 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.6.1107 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Deep Star Gold Deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada DEAN G. HEITT,† W. WARREN DUNBAR, Newmont Mining Corporation...Corporation, P.O. Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Center for Research in Economic Geology,...University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND ROBERT G. JACKSON 150 East Flora Lane, Spring Creek, Nevada...a high-grade Carlin-type gold deposit located in the northern part of the Carlin trend. The deposit averages...37.8 t (1,217,000 oz) gold with a remaining reserve of 16.0 t (513,698 oz) gold. The deposit is primarily |  | | Report (issue) | | RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Introduction Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura...Basin district-- -Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact...Contact district Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide...Canyon area-----Gold Basin district Gold Circle district Good Hope district ---Goose Creek -district Halleck |  | Castor, S. B., Boden, D. R., Henry, C. D., Cline, J. S., Hofstra, A. H., McIntosh, W. C., Tosdal, R. M., Wooden, J. P. (2003) The Tuscarora Au-Ag District: Eocene Volcanic-Hosted EpithermalDeposits in the Carlin Gold Region, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (2) 339-366 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.339 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 R. BODEN, 1445 High Chaparral Drive, Reno, Nevada 89511...CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 JEAN...Geoscience Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010 ALBERT H. HOFSTRA, U.S. Geological...Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 RICHARD | | Peters, Stephen G., Ferdock, Gregory C., Woitsekhowskaya, Maria B., Leonardson, Robert, Rahn, Jerry (1998) Oreshoot zoning in the Carlin-type Betze orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. Open-File Report Vol. 1998 (98-620) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr98620 | Report (issue) | | Oreshoot Zoning in the Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada By Stephen G. Peters1...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...Elko, Nevada 89803. 2Department Oreshoot Zoning in the Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka...Eureka County, Nevada by Stephen G. Peters1, Gregory C. Ferdock2, Maria B. Woitsekhowskaya1, Robert Leonardson3 |  | | Report (volume) | | Characteristics of Sediment-and Volcanic-Hosted Disseminated Gold Deposits Search for an Occurrence Model U.S. GEOLOGICAL...terrain. Three conspicuous basin-and-range fault sets trend east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...(Devonian and Silurian) Contact SOhc� Hanson Creek Formation (Silurian and Ordovician) Fault dashed...Enfield Bell mine, Jerritt Canyon district, Elko County, Nevada. � Geology of the Enfield Bell Mine and the |  | | 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 |  | Emsbo, P., Hofstra, A. H., Lauha, E. A., Griffin, G. L., Hutchinson, R. W. (2003) Origin of High-Grade Gold Ore, Source of Ore Fluid Components, and Genesis of the Meikle and Neighboring Carlin-Type Deposits, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (6) 1069-1105 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.6.1069 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | High-Grade Gold Ore, Source of Ore Fluid Components, and Genesis of the Meikle and Neighboring Carlin-Type...Carlin-Type Deposits, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada POUL EMSBO,† ALBERT H. HOFSTRA, U.S. Geological Survey, MS-973...Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89801 AND RICHARD W. HUTCHINSON Department of...Abstract The Meikle mine exploits one of the world’s highest grade Carlin-type gold deposits with reserves...reserves of ca. 220 t gold at an average grade of 24.7 g/t. Locally, gold grades exceed 400 g/t. Several |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | m'vadla Gold, Silver, and Copper Deposits and Their 11Iclllrrerals DAVID VON BARGEN N112 W18695 Mequon...has been an important industry in the economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861)...area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic...ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver...of disseminated gold). The state regained its preeminent status in precious-metal mining with the development |  | Williams, C. L., Thompson, T. B., Powell, J. L., Dunbar, W. W. (2000) Gold-Bearing Breccias of the Rain Mine, Carlin Trend, Nevada. Economic Geology, 95 (2) 391-404 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.2.391 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 391–404 Gold-Bearing Breccias of the Rain Mine, Carlin Trend, Nevada CINDY L. WILLIAMS, Newmont Mining Company...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...contained 36.4 t (1.17 Moz) gold, averaging 1.8 g/t gold, and underground reserves, including underground...underground production, estimated at 4.9 t (157,000 oz) gold averaging 7.7 g/t. Rain orebodies are localized | | | Report (issue) | | USE OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY IN EXPLORATION FOR AND MINING OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKHOSTED AU DEPOSITS By Stephen...ground control, grade control, safety issues, and mine planning. District- and regional-scale structural...structural geology to be directly applied to the mining and exploration of sedimentary rockhosted Au deposits...have practical and empirical application in most mining districts where they are of use in the exploration...deposits are in the large Betze deposit in the Carlin trend, Nevada and in the Lannigou, Jinlongshan, and Maanqiao |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File...OF CONTENTS Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/...............crustal structure near the Battle Mountain-Eureka mineral trend from geophysical constraints V.J.S. Grauch...8 Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...Crustal structure and its relation to gold belts in north-central Nevada: Overview and progress report V.J |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1189–1211 Lead in the Getchell-Turquoise Ridge Carlin-Type Gold Deposits from the Perspective of Potential...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...(SHRIMP) in the Getchell and Turquoise Ridge Carlin-type gold deposits (Osgood Mountains) require contribution...siliciclastic and calcareous rocks around the Carlin trend in northeast Nevada. Petrologically similar rocks host |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bald Mountain Gold Mining District, Nevada: A Jurassic Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold System C. J. NUTT†...Denver, Colorado 80209 Abstract The Bald Mountain mining district has produced about 2 million ounces (Moz)...was associated with a reduced Jurassic intrusion. Gold deposits are localized within and surrounding a...northwest-trending structure named the Bida trend. Gold deposits are localized by fracture networks in...or shale-limestone contacts in sedimentary rocks. Gold mineralization was accompanied by silicification |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | scorodite, and some scorodite from the large Gold Quarry mine in Nevada contains significant phosphorus and vanadium...of primary arsenic-bearing minerals such as arsenopyrite. It is mentioned as an accessory mineral in...pegmatites including those near Georgetown, Sagadahoc County (King and Foord 1994); other occurrences include...quarries at Paris, and the Emmons quarry at Greenwood, Oxford County. Scorodite occurred in small, pale...at the cobalt mine at Great Hill north of Cobalt, Middlesex County; the Booth bismuth mine at Monroe, Fairfield |  | Peters, S. G., Armstrong, A. K., Harris, A. G., Oscarson, R. L., Noble, P. J. (2003) Biostratigraphy and Structure of Paleozoic Host Rocks and Their Relationshipto Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in the Jerritt Canyon Mining District, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (2) 317-337 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.317 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Relationship to Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in the Jerritt Canyon Mining District, Nevada STEPHEN G. PETERS...University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0138 Abstract The Jerritt Canyon mining district in the...the northern Independence Range, northern Nevada, contains multiple, nearly horizontal, thrust masses...and stratigraphically controlled Carlin-type gold deposits. The gold deposits are hosted in tectonically...truncated units of the Silurian to Devonian Hanson Creek and Roberts Mountains Formations that lie within |  | Ye, Zaojun, Kesler, Stephen E., Essene, Eric J., Zohar, Pamela B., Borhauer, Jeffrey L. (2003) Relation of Carlin-type gold mineralization to lithology, structure and alteration: Screamer zone, Betze-Post deposit, Nevada. Mineralium Deposita, 38 (1) 22-38 doi:10.1007/s00126-002-0265-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | B. Zohar Æ Jeffrey L. Borhauer Relation of Carlin-type gold mineralization to lithology, structure and...alteration: Screamer zone, Betze-Post deposit, Nevada Received: 1 July 2001 / Accepted: 24 January 2002...evaluation of the relation between geologic features and gold grade has been undertaken in the Screamer zone of...of the Betze-Post deposit, the largest Carlin-type gold deposit in the world. Screamer, which forms the...Formation, both of which contain much smaller amounts of gold mineralization in the Screamer zone. Geologic features |
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