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Orpiment from
Pinson Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Orpiment
Formula:As2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orpiment data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pinson Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:288365
Long-form Identifier:1:3:288365:6
GUID (UUID V4):dc6a1c9a-bf5c-41ba-a1aa-1c48f7915f54
Nearest other occurrences of Orpiment
7.6km (4.7 miles) Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Getchell Underground/Turquoise Ridge, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Turquoise Ridge Mine, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Hansen Creek Deposit, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Turquoise Ridge Underground Mine (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek pit), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) Rabbit Creek Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) Chimney Creek Mine (Chimney Prospect), Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
32.9km (20.5 miles) Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization in the Getchell and Twin Creeks Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff PII: DOI: Reference: S0169-1368(18)30361-5...Mineralization in the Getchell and Twin Creeks Deposits, Nevada, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi.org/10...Mineralization in the Getchell and Twin Creeks Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff Department of Earth and Environmental...Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, New Mexico 87801...johnagroff@yahoo.com Abstract A stable isotope study of orpiment–realgar–calcite–stibnite mineralization in the
Report (issue)
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...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral
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Surveys in the Vicinity of the Pinson and Getchell mines, Humboldt County, Nevada By William D. Reran and...studies on the east flank of the Osgood mountains in the vicinity of the Pinson and Getchell disseminated gold...gold deposits in Humboldt County, Nevada (figure 1). These geophysical investigations were done as part...:*McDermitt" H U M B O L DT *\ GETCHELL DEPOSIT PINSON **" , DEPOSIT t» Jr PREBLE *+ Golcon da 4T __...the location of Humboldt County and the approximate locations of the Getchell, Pinson and Preble dissemenated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eocene Alteration, Twin Creeks Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada C. M. HALL, STEPHEN E. KESLER,† GRIGORE SIMON,*...previous studies of the nearby Getchell district, particularly the Osgood stock, which has a date of 98 to 92...92 Ma. Our results suggest that the Osgood stock is part of a more protracted Cretaceous igneous-hydrothermal...producers in Nevada. It is on the eastern flank of the Osgood Mountains, just west of the Pinson, Preble,...Twin Creeks operation consists of two separate mining areas. Chimney Creek on the north includes the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, North-Central Nevada JEAN S. CLINE† University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway...Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010 Abstract Pregold mineralization at the Getchell Carlin-type...jasperoid and drusy quartz, and local late fluorite, orpiment, and galkhaite. The consistent spatial association...gold. Near the end of the ore stage, fluorite, orpiment, and galkhaite precipitated locally in open space...Getchell and adularia at the nearby Twin Creeks mine, respectively, most closely approximate the timing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fracture-Controlled Fluid Flow in Carlintype Gold Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff PII: DOI: Reference: S0169-1368(19)30820-0...Fracture-Controlled Fluid Flow in Carlintype Gold Deposits, Nevada, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10...Fracture-Controlled Fluid Flow in Carlin-type Gold Deposits, Nevada John A. Groff Department of Earth and Environmental...Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy, Socorro, New Mexico 87801...include 22 samples of Late-stage realgar–stibnite–orpiment mineralization from the Getchell, Twin Creeks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 J. N. CHRISTENSEN, Lawrence Berkeley...Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89803. 0361-0128/01/3326/235-14 $6.00 deposits...techniques. 114° 42° JC Carlin-type deposits in Nevada GT CT Elko C Reno AB BM 39° Great Basin...deposits in Nevada. Deposits and major prospects are shown by circles. Deposit or district locations mentioned...BM = Barneys Canyon (deposits in the Oquirrh Mountains including the Barneys Canyon, Bingham, Melco,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold Mineralizationnear the Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada* MILES L. SILBERMAN,BYRONR. BERGER,...rocks in the OsgoodMountains of eastern Humboldt County, Nevada. Within the metamorphicaureole surroundingthe...which the disseminatedgold ore bodiesof the Getchell mine are localized. K-Ar agesof the granodiorite,andesiteporphyry... Introduction THE Getchellgold depositin Humboldt County is one of a group of disseminatedgold deposits•of...distributionof heavymineralsand gold within the stock. Nevada. Other ore depositsof this type include Geologic
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............................Study Areas and other areas in the Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area for which resource
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Florida] at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here has been...geochemistries and geologic occurrences are quite varied. Orpiment (As2S3) has already been covered in this column...as a product of coal-mine fires. Commonly associated minerals include orpiment, stibnite, a variety of...mines at Paris, Oxford County, Maine, and the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton County, New Hampshire. It occurred...jordanite in zinc ores mined at Balmat, Edwards County, New York (Jensen 1978). It was a rare mineral
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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....the Winnemucca 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada: Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties. Table...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 (volume)
east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins (1982) postulated that the east-west­...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...exposed the lower plate as windows in the Roberts Mountains thrust (fig. 58). In most areas, the contact between...Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure of the Rob­ erts Mountains thrust is...cover in the district. REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY Most of the rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district are Paleozoic
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)
Mineral Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Mineral Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada I By PRESTON E. HOTZ and...mineral deposits of the Osgood Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada, by Preston E. Hotz and...of the Osgood Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada. 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geology-Nevada-Humboldt...resources-Nevada-Humboldt Co. I. Willden, Charles Ronald, 1929joint author. II. Title: Osgood Mountains quadrangle
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
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prospecting medium for gold in the Great Basin of Nevada because of its widespread growth in areas where...was collected from the Osgood Mountains in Humbolt County west of Preble, Nevada. Approximately 450 pounds...gold ore was obtained from the Pinson and Getchell mining districts in Nevada. Gold is found in these ores...gold associated with quartz, pyrite, realgar and orpiment (Berger and Bagby, 1991; Kretschmer, 1984; Erickson...to represent a nonmineralized soil from Humbolt County. Two additional mixtures (M2 and M3) were prepared
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801...T R A C T Keywords: Carlin-type gold deposits Nevada Huijiabao trend Fluid inclusion gas analysis Carlin-type...Carlin-type gold deposits in north-central Nevada occur in a region that was the locus of igneous and/or...quartz in mining districts with complex origins. 1. Introduction Since discovery of the Carlin mine in Nevada...the complex tectonic history that north-central Nevada experienced E-mail address: johnagroff@yahoo.com
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...German-American mining engineer. References: RIOTTE, E. N. (1867) Stetefeldit, eine neues mineral von Nevada. Berg-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ore; fluid inclusions;isotopes; ore-formingfluids; Nevada * E-mail: g.arehart@gns.cri.nz. 0169-1368/96/$15...discovery and development of Carlin as a bulk-tonnage mine between 1962 and 1965 (Hausen and Kerr, 1968). SHDG...most important fossil hydrothermal systems in the USA. Until the past few years, the prevailing hypothesis...Post/Betze) are hosted by the Silurian-Devonian Roberts Mountains and Popovich Formations (Evans, 1980; Fig. 2)...location of many of the major SHDG deposits in western USA. The characteristics of many of these deposits are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Roleof Sulfidation and Deearbonation at Twin Creeks, Nevada DAVIDP. STENGER, •' STEPHEN E. KESLER, • Department...our understanding of the geology and Mining Company Twin Creeks mine field tripguide,October, mineralogy...fromtwolargegeochemical databases The Twin Creeks mine is located on the eastern flank of to investigate...TwinCreeksCarlin-type the Osgood Mountains justwestof the Pinson,Preble,and deposit nearWinnemucca, Nevada(Fig.1). Getchell...O. Box669, Carlin, Stratigraphy of the minearea Nevada 89822 OrdmScian-age rocksin the TwinCreeksmineconsist
Report (issue)
MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources (for example, the Humboldt River drainage...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al. (1971), and igneousactivity in north-central Nevada (Radtke et al., 1980; Radtke, 1985; Rye, 1985)...exactageof gold ore formationremainscontroversial, mine (Rota, 1987) aswell asthe deep oresat the Getehell...indicatedby Ilchick (1995, p. 208). Seedorff(1991) mine discussedby Berger (1985) and the newly diseov0...exposedsouthof the Carlinmine andat the Preble, Pinson,and Bootstrapdeposits. Basedon detailed field and...Location of Carlin and similar gold depositsin Nevada. A in the mine and at no scaledo HC stageveinletscut the
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the ageof the golddeposits in the Jerritt Canyon district. Datedigneous rocks withwell-documented crosscutting...deposit in the Carlintrendand TheJerrittCanyon district(Fig.1)hasaccounted forabout consider many Carlin-type...Creta10percentof thegoldproduction in theregion.The district ceousin age.Ilchik(1995)prefersa lessthan39 Ma... (1996)favor golddeposits in theJerrittCanyon district havebeenthesub- the Post-Betze an age of ~95 Ma...80 to 90 Ma agefor goldmineralization Getcheil,Nevada,andconclude thatgoldmineralization was spatially
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as an Exploration Tool, Gold Run District, Hunboldt County, Nevada By 101 J. A. Erdman , T. M. Cookro...Sagebrush semi-desert type in the Gold Run district, Nevada.... 5 Figure 3. Base map showing site locations...B, and prospects, adits, and shafts of the mining district.................. 7 Figure 4. Base map showing...growth of big sagebrush samples, Gold Run district, Nevada.......................... 25 Table 2. Element...Run district, Nevada................................ 27 ABSTRACT The Gold Run mining district, also
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Sonora, Mexico Greg E. McKelvey, Phelps Dodge Mining Company Brenda B. Houser, Past-President, Arizona...explore the mining history and mineral deposits of one of the country's most important mining regions; further...reinterpreting the igneous geology of the Tucson Mountains and studying the relation of mineralization, rock...cyanide and toxic metals released from the Summitville mine on downstream water supplies and crops. The distribution...distribution and movement of metals from mining districts of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, and Rio Tinto, Spain
 
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