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Calcite from
Mill Canyon, Cortez Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mill Canyon, Cortez Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:278848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:278848:7
GUID (UUID V4):489f7adb-90a3-4b15-b5b3-8f681ab96c9d
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.0km (1.2 miles) Mill Canyon Property, Cortez Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) Cortez Hills underground, Cortez Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Horse Canyon mine, Cortez Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Cortez mine (Cortez Hills deposit; Cortez Hills underground mine; Garrison mine), Cortez Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Buckhorn Mine, Buckhorn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Pipeline mine, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Gold Acres mine, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) Big Chief prospect, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) Phoenix prospect, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Robertson - Triplet Project, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Collapse Breccia Formation, Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, Nevada, USA Lindsey R. Clark Maroun,1...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 deposit located in the Cortez district on the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, formed within a high-grade
Report (volume)
Geology of the Cortez Quadrangle Nevada By JAMES GILLULY and HAROLD MASURSKY With a section on Gravity...BULLETIN 1175 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada State Bureau of Mines The area includes a thick..._____-_______---_--_-_Geologic interest of the Cortez quadrangle.____--___-.__--__--__-Location and ...System____-_-____--_-_-_-_--_---__-----___-_-. Eureka Quartzite__ __-___-_-_--_-__-_---_---___-_-_____...System________-_______-_-_____--____--_---_-_____ Fourmile Canyon Formation__-______----__-__--________ Elder Sandstone-
Report (volume)
RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING GAMPS IN ELKO, UNDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS.......................................... Secret Canyon shale............................................limestone............................................. Eureka quartzite.................................................................. Mountain ranges and mining districts................................................................ Midas or Gold Circle district........................................ Location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
section on Periods of Plutonism in North-Central Nevada MILES L. SILBERMAN AND EDWIN H. MCKEE Abstract...ve yielded significant production in only one district, Battle Mountain (Copper Canyonand CopperBasin)...Copper Canyon (copper-goldand zinc-lead-silver). Peripheral gold-silver depositsoccur at Eureka and Copper...Copper Canyon. Disseminatedgold depositssuchas Carlin, Cortez, Getcheil,and Gold Acres, which are relatively...Gold M•.TAn deposits in Nevada were subdividedby Acres, Carlin, and Cortez do not fit readily into the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of Vein Sets at the Pipeline Gold Mine, Nevada Nigel J. F. Blamey 1,2, *, Andrew R. Campbell 1...Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA; campbell@nmt.edu (A...June 2017 Abstract: The origin of sediment-hosted Nevada gold deposits has been highly debated, especially...examined the Pipeline gold mine in north-central Nevada, focusing on data from the four vein sets in this...mineralization. Only the third, a quartz-sericite-pyrite-calcite vein set, has any link with the alteration styles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
526-537 Geologyand Geochemistry of the Cortez Gold Deposit, Nevada John D. WmJ.s, L•.•. R. STO•SER, ^NDJ^M•...Abstract Gold has been discoveredrecently at Cortez, Nevada, about 45 miles southwestof Carlin in carbonate...anomalyknownin the area. Other gold depositsin north-central Nevada are associated with such anomalies. Contents PAGE............. 532 9. Gold in quartz veinlet with calcite 532 10. Gold particle in a hematite-goethite pseudomorphafter...Introduction T• gold geochemicalanomaly reported at Cortez, 530 Nevada, in 1966 by the U.S. GeologicalSurvey (Erickson
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
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...large gold ore deposits at the Carlin and Cortez mines, Nevada UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...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
Report (issue)
Stratigraphic-Devonian. 3. Rugosa. 4. Geology-Nevada. 5. GeologyCalifornia. I. McKee, Edwin H., joint..._____________ Coal Canyon area ______________________________________ Coal Canyon fault zone _______...HilL_____________________ Fossils collected within the Coal Canyon fault zone __ Physical stratigraphy of the Pyramid...Formation at Copenhagen Canyon ______________ Roberts Mountains Formation at Brock Canyon, Monitor Range --...---------------Petes Canyon window---------------------------------Ikes Canyon window --------------
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)
Part of the Toquima Range, Lander, Eureka, and N ye Counties, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL ...Part of the Toquima Range, Lander, Eureka, and Nye Counties, Nevada By EDWIN H. McKEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...part of the Toquima Range, Lander, Eureka, and Nye Counties, Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper...Paper 9 31) Bibliography: 48-49. 1. Geology-Nevada-Toquima Range. I. Title. II. Series: United States...Petes Canyon sequence ___ _____ _____ ___ August Canyon sequence ______ ___ _____ Mill Canyon sequence
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
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)
limestone or dolomite. It is a useful ore guide in many mining districts UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE........... Characteristics of jasperoid in major mining districts of the United States ..................................................... Tri-State district, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri ................Clifton-Morenci district, Arizona .............................. Bisbee (Warren) district, Arizona ........ Ely (Robinson) district, Nevada .............................. Leadville district, Colorado ......
Report (issue)
IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER .465 Tectonic...Igneous Geology of the Northern Shoshone Range Nevada By JAMES GILLULY and OLCOTT GATES With sections...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 465 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...__________________ _ Middle Ordovician Series ______ _________ _ Eureka Quartzite __________________ _ Middle and Upper...Pennsylvanian and Permian Systems ____ -_- __ _ Brock Canyon Formation _______________ _ Antler Peak Limestone
Report (issue)
Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 459-A...Lander Counties Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS, GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...regional relations of geologic units in a complex mining district \ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Peak quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. v, 93... in pocket. Bibliography: p. 87-90. 1. Geology-Nevada-Antler Peak quadrangle. I. Title. II. Title: Antler
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 J. N. CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence Berkeley...deposit on the Carlin trend and for the Barneys Canyon deposit in Utah. Complete resetting of sericite...new U/Th-He age (34 Ma) for apatite at Barneys Canyon suggests contemporaneity with the nearby Bingham...Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89803. 0361-0128/01/3326/235-14 $6.00 deposits...trend (40 Ma) and U/Th-He for apatite at Barneys Canyon (34 Ma). Galkhaite is the only mineral from a Carlintype
Report (volume)
Geology of Deep Drill Holes at Iron Canyon, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE and RALPH J. ROBERTS...---------------------------Geology of the Iron Canyon area__________________________________________...showing the location of the Copper Canyon area of the Battle Mountain mining district________________________________...Structural map of the area near Copper Canyon, Lander County, N ev ---------------------------------...gold in all surface samples collected in the Iron Canyon area______________ _ Map showing elements that
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....within the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada: Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties...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
Report (issue)
_________________________ Sulfur isotopes, Bingham district, Utah_ _____ Geochemical sampling _________________...fine grained gold in north-central Nevada, including Carlin, Cortez, Bootstrap, and Gold Acres (in part)...largest dimension. Detailed studies at Carlin and Cortez have suggested some sort of stratigraphic control...from the Bootstrap mine in Elko County south to Hot Creek in Nye County. These preliminary studies have...at the Carlin and Cortez mines is the principal rock type in the formation in Eureka, Lander, Nye, and
Report (issue)
___________________ -_-----Lode and placer gold deposits, Mohave County _______________________ _ California ________________________...Mother Lode, Amador County __________ _ Tertiary gravels, Nevada City area, Sierra Nevada ________________..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Silver and copper in McEJmo Canyon ______ Copper and silver in Precambrian rocks near..._ _ _ _ _ Copper Canyon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cortez-Mill Canyon-Buckhorn area_ _______..._---Central North Carolina _-------------Moore County __ ---------- -- ------South Carolina ____ -- __
Report (issue)
Clark's Tertiary molluscan types from the Yakataga district, Gulf of Alaska, by W. 0. Addicott, Saburo Kanno...from the Hermit Shale (Lower Permian) of the Grand Canyon, Ariz., by S. H. Mamay and A. D. Watt . . . . ...Mineralogy Clay minerals, Longfellow mine, San Juan County, Colo., by R. G. Luedke and J. W. Hosterman .....granitoid rocks of the Mount Wheeler mine area, Nevada, by D. E. Lee, R. E. Mays, R. E. Van Loenen, and...rocks associated with ore deposits, Cortez-Buckhorn area, Nevada, by J. D. Wells, J, E. Elliott, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as...as pale blue rosettes of pearly plates in calcite veins cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have...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
Report (volume)
Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district........gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era group...prospects...................................... Elko County.................................................................................... Warm Creek district...................................... PolarStar
 
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