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Sphalerite from
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:154273
Long-form Identifier:1:3:154273:8
GUID (UUID V4):4fbb6f16-dcf2-45ef-b650-6e53ac1be7fe
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
Tusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
2.6km (1.6 miles) Tusc pit (Tusc ore body), Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Mike deposit, Maggie Creek Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) Carlin-Hardie-Pete Mine Area, Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) Blue Star Mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) Number Eight mine (Blue Star mine), Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
25.2km (15.6 miles) Onondaga mine, Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Betze-Post pit, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) Zenoli mine (Morning Glory group), Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Rain Mine, Carlin Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
References
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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)
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
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
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
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
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 (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
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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
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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)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GoldDeposition (I). Carlin Gold Deposit,Nevada' The Role of Carbonaceous Materialsin Gold Deposition ARTHURS...carbonatehost rocks and unoxidized gold ores of the Carlin mine indicatethat gold, quartz,barite, pyrite, and...interactingwith gold complexes to form goldorganiccompounds.Althoughthe exactstructureof the gold organiccompound(s)is...stablegold chelates. Subsequent oxidationof the gold organiccompounds destroysthe organiccomponent and...importance in determining the chemicalstateand amountof gold deposited in carbonaceous limestone,althoughsuchfactorsas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
High-Grade Gold Deposition and Collapse Breccia Formation, Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, Nevada, USA...Parkway, Box 454010, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 2 California 3 Earth Resources...48109 4 Barrick 5 Nevada Gold Exploration Incorporated, 293 Spruce Road, Elko, Nevada 89801 Bureau of...University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 Abstract The Cortez Hills breccia zone, a Nevada Carlin-type gold...gold deposit located in the Cortez district on the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, formed within a high-grade
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
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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
Report (issue)
Geology of the Carlin Gold Deposit, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1267 /Ju l/ /Ea...7 0;.:?04N .. 041).- Geology of the Carlin Gold Deposit, Nevada By ARTHUR S. RADTKE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...study of one of the largest disseminated-replacement gold deposits in North America UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Radtke, Arthur S., 1936— Geology of the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada. (Geological Survey professional paper... no.: I 19.16:1267 1. Gold ores—NevadaCarlin region. 2. Geology—NevadaCarlin region. I. Title. II.
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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 .........................
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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
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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
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from Quartz-Associated Gold at the Betze-Post Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, Nevada, United States Jared D...University 2 Mineral of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010 Deposit...Quartz at the Betze-Post deposit, the largest Carlin-type gold system in the world, was examined to better...fluid properties and sources that generated Carlin-type gold deposits. Detailed petrography and paragenesis...calcite and barite, precipitated either from latest Carlin-related fluids, neutralized by infiltration of
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Gold-bearing Polymetallic Veins and Replacement Deposits Part II U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1857-F... Chapter F Gold-bearing Polymetallic Veins and Replacement Deposits Part II Gold in the Tintic Mining District...Utah By HALT. MORRIS Gold Deposits in the Sneffels-Telluride and Camp Bird Mining Districts, San Juan...Mountains, Colorado By FREDERICKS. FISHER Gold in the Alma Mining District, Colorado By DANIEL R. SHAWE Precious...Precious Metals in the Leadville Mining District, Colorado By TOMMY B. THOMPSON Part I is Chapter C
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mineralogic logging of drill samples from gold and copper mining operations D.M. Hausen and J.R. Odekirk...Wakara Way, Suite 210, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA (Accepted after revision April 27, 1990) ABSTRACT...mineralogic logging of drill samples from gold and copper mining operations. In: W. Petruk, A.H. Vassiliou...includingporphyry deposits as well as disseminated gold deposits. Metallurgical ore types as well as lithologic...b ), the American Eagle breccia pipe at Copper Creek (Guthrie and Moore, 1979; Hausen et al., 1989),
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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
Report (issue)
the Roberts Mountains Formation, North-Central Nevada Stratigraphy, Petrology, and Some Fossil Data...the Roberts Mountains Formation, North-Central Nevada By THOMAS E. MULLENS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...host rock for the large gold ore deposits at the Carlin and Cortez mines, Nevada UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...the Roberts Mountains Formation, North-Central Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1063) Bibliography:...Stratigraphic Devonian. 3. Petrology Nevada. 4. Paleontology Nevada. 5. Geology Nevada. I. Title. II. Series: United
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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
 
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