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Realgar from
McDermitt Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view McDermitt Mine, Opalite Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:290231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:290231:9
GUID (UUID V4):5a09a4c0-3325-410d-a704-ffd573a62981
Nearest other occurrences of Realgar
22.1km (13.7 miles) National Mine (National vein), National Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
89.6km (55.7 miles) Chimney Creek Mine (Chimney Prospect), Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
90.8km (56.4 miles) Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
91.3km (56.7 miles) Getchell Underground/Turquoise Ridge, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
91.4km (56.8 miles) Hansen Creek Deposit, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
91.4km (56.8 miles) Turquoise Ridge Mine, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
91.4km (56.8 miles) Turquoise Ridge Underground Mine (Getchell Underground; Hansen Creek pit), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
91.8km (57.0 miles) Rabbit Creek Mine, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
92.2km (57.3 miles) Getchell Section 5 pit (Section 5 pit; Marshall Canyon Mine), Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
92.6km (57.6 miles) Summer Camp pit, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
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Report (volume)
DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR COUNTY OREGON, AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA BY ROBERT G. YATES...Eglestonite...................................... Realgar.......................................... Pyrite.................... 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.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HUANCAVELICA DISTRICT, PERU DONALD C. NOBLE Mackay Schoolof Mines, Universityof Nevada-Reno,Reno,Nevada89557...The Huancavelicadistrictin centralPeru (Fig. 1) realgar,orpiment, arsenopyrite,and stibniteand, lois the...assemblageoccursmainly as impregnations of the district have been describedby Yates et al. in the quartzite...re presentin surmine, the mostimportantin the district (Fig. 1), is roundingareas.Pyrite and tetrahedriteare...chalcedonicsilica,and clay.Tracesof barite, temptsof bulk mining. marcasite,galena, and sphaleritewere observedin
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 (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
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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...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,
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)
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
Book
A FIELD GUIDE Rockhounding Nevada is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals...Globe Pequot Press NEVADA A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites NEVADA 2nd Edition Essential...and minerals WILLIAM A. KAPPELE Rockhounding Nevada RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 1 6/27/11 3:02 PM Help...RockhoundingNV 3pp.indd 2 6/27/11 3:02 PM Rockhounding Nevada A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites...ion Data Kappele, William A., 1931Rockhounding Nevada : a guide to the state’s best rockhounding sites
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)
showed that lowsulfidation deposits in northern Nevada could be divided into two subtypes based on their...ve Ri Yellowstone Hot Spot Wyoming 0 Ma 40° Nevada S ie GREAT BASIN rra NNR Utah Ne da va California...the northern Nevada rift. The heavy star at the north end of the rift is the McDermitt caldera (M) and...Walker Lane belt from Stewart (1988). NNR = northern Nevada rift, SM = Steens Mountain. mineral assemblages...in the Atlanta, Fairview, Tuscarora, and Wonder mining districts that are hosted by late Eocene to early
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)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File Report 98-338-6...Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/.............................Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...and its relation to gold belts in north-central Nevada: Overview and progress report V.J.S. Grawc/i.....autochthonous rocks that host gold along the Carlin trend, Nevada Augustus K. Armstrong, Ted G. Theodore, Robert
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-
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towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the...or greater earthquake has occurred somewhere in Nevada about once every thirty years. Most faults are...(analogous to a tilted deck of cards). However, some Nevada faults are strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas
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)...assemblages which includepyrite, quartz, gold, realgar,stibnite,cinnabar,sphalerite,and galena. Gold-quartzveins...last 40 years.at Getcheil,Gold M•.TAn deposits in Nevada were subdividedby Acres, Carlin, and Cortez do...structuralenvironment,geochronol- GOLD-BEARING DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IDAHO ogy,and geochemistry of the ore deposits
Report (volume)
Host Rocks, Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada Geology and Geochemistry of Tertiary...Host Rocks, Sleeper Gold-Silver Deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada By J. Thomas Nash, William C. Utterback...host rocks, Sleeper gold-silver deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada I by J. Thomas Nash, William C. Utterback...Gold ores-Geology-Nevada-Humboldt County. 2. Silver ores-GeologyNevada-Humboldt County. 3. Geology, St...Stratigraphic-Tertiary. 4. GeologyNevada-Humboldt County. I. Utterback, W.C. II. Trudel, Wayne S. III.
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....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...upper- and lower-plate rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure...cover in the district. REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY Most of the rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district are Paleozoic...Enfield Bell mine, Jerritt Canyon district, Elko County, Nevada. � Geology of the Enfield Bell Mine and the
Report (issue)
THE GEOLOGY OF THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM AREA, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON By George W. Walker U.S. Geological Survey...section, approximately north-south, through White King mine area ———————————-—•————•————————————-— Regional...pit at White King mine ———— Photograph of water-filled open pit at the Lucky Lass mine — 26a 26b 11....Geologic map of the Lakeview uranium area, Lake County, Oregon List of Tables Table 1. 2. 3. Chemical...THE GEOLOGY OF THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM AREA, . LAKE COUNTY, OREGON By George W. Walker INTRODUCTION The Lakeview
Report (issue)
Vicinity of the Pinson and Getchell mines, Humboldt County, Nevada By William D. Reran and Anne McCafferty...Getchell disseminated gold deposits in Humboldt County, Nevada (figure 1). These geophysical investigations...and Hoover and others (1984). 42' 118? :*McDermitt" H U M B O L DT *\ GETCHELL DEPOSIT PINSON **"...10 » » mUS Map showing the location of Humboldt County and the approximate locations of the Getchell...and Willden (1964), the geology of the Getchell mine by Joralemon (1951) and Berger (1975), and the geology
Report (volume)
Platinum-Group Elements-Occurrences in Gold Deposits in Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho By Norman J Page, William C...Platinum-Group Elements-Occurrences in Gold Deposits in Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, by Norman J Page, William C...deposits. In some deposits, for example those in Nevada and Arkansas, barite is dominant; in others, for...than 12 em in diameter, near Williamsville, Bath County, Va. Barite also fills shrinkage fractures in barite...around the rosettes, near Silver Creek, Chautauqua County, N.Y. Barite fills the chambers of a large undeformed
Report (issue)
and Preble disseminated gold deposits, Humboldt County, Nevada by William D. Reran and Bruce D. Smith...Mountains investigations in Humboldt County, were done as part Nevada (fig. of the U.S. 1). ...geophysical techniques were employed at the Getchell Mine and the Preble prospect. The data from those surveys... Willden (1964) and the geology of the Getchell mine by Joralemon (1951), and Berger (1975). deposit...and the orebodies generally spread 1 The 'McDermitt GETCHELL N DEPOSIT mw^w /»22>V \ftJ&« -*i f
Book (volume)
ae TONITE TN263. Au. =American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, V.2 and Petroleum Engineers Ore...Inst! itute i an Americ ie Lye 2 of llurgical, Mining, Meta m Engineers and Petroleu © f the Ore deposiits...1 MAR 06 200 MAR 2 ¥ 2001 | NEVADA STATE LIBRARY CARSON CITY, NEVADA Digitized by the Internet Archive...(1933) AIME TRANSACTIONS VOLUME AIME TRANSACTIONS MINE PLANT VOLUME 112, MILLING METHODS (1933) (1934)...AND ZINC (1936) 134, MILLING METHODs 141, METAL MINING (1939) (1937-40) BLAST FURNACE, COKE OVEN AND
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Pups have a group that meets monthly in Teller County and in one that meets in Colorado Springs. “I have...Mineral Show, at the McKee 4-H Building, Larimer County Fairgrounds, I-25 exit 259 (Loveland exit). 4-8...minerals, the brightly colored arsenic sulfides realgar and orpiment, and the scarlet colored mercury sulfide...and one of those crystal localities is found in Nevada. Here the individual crystals are large (for cinnabar)...The Antelope Springs crystals (Pershing County, Red Bird Mine) are well known among collectors as individuals
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
 
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