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Biotite from
Deep Star mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Deep Star mine, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:658054
Long-form Identifier:1:3:658054:4
GUID (UUID V4):e4f3bcdd-b903-4cc4-90a6-684e1bfde78e
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
23.3km (14.5 miles) Hollister deposit (Ivanhoe/USX; Butte; Velvet; Clementine), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USA
43.3km (26.9 miles) Barth Mine (West mine), Safford Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA
66.7km (41.5 miles) Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
67.7km (42.0 miles) Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
67.9km (42.2 miles) Contention mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
69.0km (42.9 miles) Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) Buckingham mine (Hardy mine; Bentley mine; O'Leary mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
71.8km (44.6 miles) Marigold mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) Porphyry zone, Robertson - Triplet Project, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
76.5km (47.6 miles) Distal zone, Robertson - Triplet Project, Bullion Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
347–383 Igneous Geology of the Carlin Trend, Nevada: Development of the Eocene Plutonic Complex and...Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 AND CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY† Nevada Bureau of Mines and...and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 Abstract The Carlin trend contains the largest...several major gold-producing areas of north-central Nevada and contains the greatest concentration of Carlin-type...*Present address: Newmont Mining Corporation, 337 W. Commercial Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. 0361-0128/06/3579/347-37
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatism in Gold Mineralization of the Carlin Trend, Nevada MICHAEL W. RESSEL,† DONALD C. NOBLE, Department...Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 CHRISTOPHER D. HENRY, Nevada Bureau of Mines and...Geology, Mail Stop 178, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND WAYNE S. TRUDEL Newmont Gold...Gold Company, P.O. Box 669, Carlin, Nevada 89822 Abstract The Beast, low-grade (7.3 Mt @ 0.7 g/t), disseminated...disseminated Au deposit in the Carlin trend, Nevada, is unique among Carlin-type Au deposits in having
Report (issue)
Carlin-type Betze Orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Eureka County, Nevada By Stephen G. Peters1, Gregory C. Ferdock2...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)
the 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...Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 AND ROBERT G. JACKSON 150 East...East Flora Lane, Spring Creek, Nevada 89815 Abstract Deep Star is a high-grade Carlin-type gold deposit...Goldstrike diorite. Intrusion of the syn- and postore Deep Star rhyolite constrains the age of the mineralization
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...deposits in Utah, about 200 km east of the Utah-Nevada border); C = Cortez; CT = Carlin trend (includes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formation, Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Gold Deposit, Nevada, USA Lindsey R. Clark Maroun,1,2 Jean S. Cline,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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
103, pp. 759–782 Geology of the Cove Mine, Lander County, Nevada, and a Genetic Model for the McCoy-Cove...Inc., 240 South Rock Boulevard, Suite 117, Reno, Nevada 89502 TOMMY B. THOMPSON, Ralph J. Roberts Center...Research in Economic Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 DAVID L. EMMONS, Round Mountain Gold...Mountain, Nevada 89045 AND KEITH JONES Small Mine Development, P.O. Box 251, Battle Mountain, Nevada 89820...Fish Creek Mountains, Lander County, Nevada. Through the end of mining in 2001, large-scale open-pit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...calcareous rocks around the Carlin trend in northeast Nevada. Petrologically similar rocks host the Getchell...the Carlin trend and from the Jerritt Canyon mining district have Pb isotope characteristics similar to...Neoproterozoic and Cambrian clastic rocks, during deep circulation of meteoric water (Hofstra, 1995, 1997;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wall-RockAlteration at the Carlin Gold Deposit,Nevada C. A. KUEHN AND A. W. ROSE Departmentof Geosciences...spatiallyrelatedto Au distributionat the mineor on a district scale. Becauseof extensivecarbonateremovalleadingto...exceedinganyothersimilarareain the UnitedStates. Lynn-Pinonmineral belt (Roberts,1960), more re- The ...early exposures in the upperoxidizedportionsof the mine (HausenandKerr, 1968; Radtkeet al., 1980; Radtke...WinnernuccaDeposit •Ren Austinø SOs '• '. • NEVADA I ', , ', • j Monarch SOb / / Simon Creek
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
102, pp. 1129–1155 Bald Mountain Gold Mining District, Nevada: A Jurassic Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold...Colorado 80209 Abstract The Bald Mountain mining district has produced about 2 million ounces (Moz) of...Ore-forming fluids were aqueous and carbonic at deep levels and episodically hypersaline at shallow levels...δ18O values suggestive of a supergene origin. The deep weathering and oxidation of the ores associated...with exhumation made them amenable to open-pit mining and processing using cyanide heap leach methods
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/.............................the crustal structure near the Battle Mountain-Eureka mineral trend from geophysical constraints V.J...crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements Brian...and its relation to gold belts in north-central Nevada: Overview and progress report V.J.S. Grawc/i..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Mineralogy of the Northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada TED G. THEODORE,† BORIS B. KOTLYAR, DONALD A. SINGER...King Midas Resources, Ltd., 3841 Amador Way, Reno, Nevada 89502 AND ANDREA L. FOSTER U.S. Geological Survey...mineralized systems. The Rodeo Creek deposit comprises deep Ag base-metal ± Au-mineralized rock below the Roberts...interpretations of geochemical halos in the Carlin trend. District-scale geochemical patterns of several elements...theodore@usgs.gov 0361-0128/01/3329/287-30 $6.00 Nevada (Fig. 1). The study enhances ongoing efforts to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, USA Z. Zhang Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of...S. Garwin Newmont Mining Corporation, 337 West Commercial St, Elko, NV 89801, USA R. Fengshou Bureau...of Gansu, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China Y. Qiu Sino Mining Ltd., 7th Floor, Sea Plaza, 3A Xi Xin St., Xi’an...are typical of the Carlin deposits in the western USA. These deposits are hosted by Triassic turbidities...epithermal) hybrid with features intermediate to Nevada-style Carlin deposits and the orogenic gold deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 3 Apatite to Zircon Inc., Viola,...Betze-Post gold deposit on the northern Carlin trend in Nevada. The premineralization Goldstrike stock acted as...to 30 kg yr−1, comparable to that measured in the deep reservoirs of several modern geothermal fields....rocks on the northern Carlin trend in northern Nevada, United States (Fig. 1). The genesis of gold deposits...gold deposits FS 3 4 -116.340E 41.985N 5a 5b Mine tailings and surface workings Miocene Carlin formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neighboring Carlin-Type Deposits, Northern Carlin Trend, Nevada POUL EMSBO,† ALBERT H. HOFSTRA, U.S. Geological...Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89801 AND RICHARD W. HUTCHINSON Department of...Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401 Abstract The Meikle mine exploits one of the world’s highest grade Carlin-type...isotope results from the Meikle mine and other deposits at the Goldstrike mine place important constraints...strongly suggest that ore fluids were not derived from deep sources but instead flowed parallel to isotherms
Report (issue)
............................................ 8 Mining Methods .........................................2006). These deposits were first discovered in Nevada in the early 1960s and soon became the main gold...“Carlin-type” deposits after the nearby town of Carlin, Nevada. About 100 Carlin-type deposits are known to be...be present within the Great Basin of Nevada as well as in southern Idaho and western Utah (Roberts, 1966;...subtypes, development state, tonnages and grades, mining and processing methods, geologic setting, deposit
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...Rock National Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources...part of their Resource Management Plan for the District/Resource Area or for other planning units such
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogic logging of drill samples from gold and copper mining operations D.M. Hausen and J.R. Odekirk Newrnont...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 and D...Manitoba and select occurrences in the Bathurst district of New Brunswick, all of which showed remarkably...gold (Carlin-type) occurrences in north central Nevada, several of which have been previously described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eocene Alteration, Twin Creeks Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada C. M. HALL, STEPHEN E. KESLER,† GRIGORE SIMON,*...determined in previous studies of the nearby Getchell district, particularly the Osgood stock, which has a date...Ma have been reported from Jerritt Canyon, Blue Star, and elsewhere in the Carlin trend (Emsbo et al...(Fig. 1), is one of the largest gold producers in Nevada. It is on the eastern flank of the Osgood Mountains...Twin Creeks operation consists of two separate mining areas. Chimney Creek on the north includes the
Report (issue)
Deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA Zhiping Li1 and Stephen G. Peters 2 Open-File...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...Deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA Zhiping Li1 and Stephen G. Peters 2 Open-File...Economic Geology, MS-172, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557-0047. (or Tianjin Geological 2 Academy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
like the worldclass Carlin-type gold deposits of Nevada, proximal alteration is limited to carbonate dissolution...*Present address: Barrick Gold Corporation, Elko, Nevada 89801 **Present address: School of Science, University...Formation aul 10 is f nes Ge -116.400 40.950 t Nevada 0 1 2 Kilometers Fig. 1. Geology of the northern...Rodeo, 5 = Post, 6 = Betze, 7 = Screamer, 8 = Deep Star, 9 = Genesis deposit, 10 = Beast deposit. Geology...northern end of the Carlin trend in northeastern Nevada (Figs. 1, 2). The Carlin trend is a 60-km NW-oriented
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eifelian stage, there was an additional inflow of deep mantle/magmatic fluid, enriched in Au, Hg, As, Sb...PT 1. Introduction The Turya-Auerbakh mineral district in the Krasnoturyinsk area, Ekaterinburg region...Uralian Fault in the west (Fig. 1). The mineral district, including the Vorontsovka Au deposit, covers...mineralisation. For the Turya-Auerbakh mineral district, copper±iron-skarn and gold (Vorontsovka) deposits...trachybasaltic andesite, gabbro-diabase, hornblende, and biotite lamprophyre. The Emsian‒Early Eifelian igneous
Book (edition)
Resource Reviews Series editor John Slack, Reston, VA, USA More information about this series at http://www...from Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Iran and the USA, including new maps and sections and additional colour...suggestions for the target generation teams of mining v vi companies exploring for world-class gold...Kanowna Belle Gold Mines in Kalgoorlie, PT North Mining Indonesia in Jakarta, TU Bergakademie Freiberg... 6.4.3 Bingham Copper-Molybdenum Deposit, Utah, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Section of the Betze-Post Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada STEPHEN E. KESLER,† JOHN FORTUNA,* ZAOJUN YE, JEFFREY...Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., P.O. Box 29, Elko, Nevada 89803 AND STEPHEN L. CHRYSSOULIS Advanced Mineral...45° A 12000N Post ult ault liar F ult 21 NEVADA Betze t Fa Fa Pecu sky 13000N 3000E Goldstrike...the Goldstrike stock includes pyroxene hornfels, biotite hornfels, quartzite, and marble (Leonardson and...right inset shows location of the Carlin trend in Nevada. Small open square shows location of main map.
Report (issue)
Lithium-brine evaporating ponds at Clayton Valley, Nevada. Lithium has many uses, the most prominent being...potential environmental and health issues caused by the mining and processing of many mineral commodities may...the environmental considerations related to the mining of nonfuel mineral resources, including the modern...Chapter B. Environmental Considerations Related to Mining of Nonfuel Minerals By Robert R. Seal II, Nadine....B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
 
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