Carlin Trend mining district
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The Carlin Trend mining district is one of the world’s most productive gold-mining regions, renowned for its large, low-grade “Carlin-type” disseminated gold deposits in northeastern Nevada.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic region
ⓘ
gold mining district ⓘ mining district ⓘ |
| alterationType |
argillization
ⓘ
decarbonatization ⓘ silicification ⓘ |
| associatedCompany |
Barrick Gold Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newmont Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depositStyle | epigenetic sediment-hosted gold deposit ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Newmont Mining Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
major source of United States gold production
ⓘ
one of the world’s most productive gold-mining regions ⓘ |
| geologicAge | host rocks mainly Paleozoic ⓘ |
| goldGrade | generally low-grade ⓘ |
| hostRock |
carbonate rocks
ⓘ
dolomite ⓘ limestone ⓘ siliceous sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 40 miles
ⓘ
approximately 60 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basin and Range Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elko County, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevada ⓘ northeastern Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Carlin, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| miningMethod |
open-pit mining
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underground mining ⓘ |
| oreControl |
stratigraphically controlled
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structurally controlled ⓘ |
| oreFluidCharacteristic | low-salinity hydrothermal fluids ⓘ |
| oreMineralogy |
arsenopyrite
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barite ⓘ calcite ⓘ marcasite ⓘ orpiment ⓘ realgar ⓘ stibnite ⓘ submicroscopic gold in arsenian pyrite ⓘ submicroscopic gold in pyrite ⓘ |
| oreType |
Carlin-type gold deposit
ⓘ
disseminated gold deposit ⓘ |
| primaryCommodity | gold ⓘ |
| processingMethod |
heap leaching
ⓘ
pressure oxidation ⓘ roasting ⓘ |
| structuralSetting | northwest-trending belt ⓘ |
| sulfurIsotopeSignature | sedimentary sulfur signature ⓘ |
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