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Carlin Trend - Geology
Nevada, USA
Main commodities: Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1996.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Bawden T M, Einaudi M T, Bostick B C, Meibom A, Wooden J, Norby J W, Orobona M J T, Chamberlain C P  2003 - Extreme 34S depletion in ZnS at the Mike gold deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada: Evidence for bacteriogenic supergene sphalerite: in    Geology   v31 pp 913-916
Cline, J.S., Hofstra, A.H., Muntean, J.L., Tosdal, R.M. and Hickey, K.A.,  2005 - Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in Nevada: Critical Geologic Characteristics and Viable Models: in Hedenquist, J.W., Thompson, J.F.H., Goldfarb, R.J. and Richards, J.P. (eds.),  Economic Geology, 100th Anniversary Volume, Society of Economic Geologists,    pp. 451-484.
Emsbo P, Groves D I, Hofstra A H and Bierlein F P,   2006 - The giant Carlin gold province: a protracted interplay of orogenic, basinal, and hydrothermal processes above a lithospheric boundary : in    Mineralium Deposita   v41 pp 517-525
Hollingsworth, E.R., Ressel, M.W. and Henry, C.D.,  2017 - Age and Depth of Carlin-type Gold Deposits in the Southern Carlin Trend: Eocene Mountain Lakes, Big Volcanoes, and Widespread, Shallow Hydrothermal Circulation: in Bedell, R.L., and Ressel, M.W., (eds.), 2017 Shallow Expressions of Carlin-type Systems, Alligator Ridge and Emigrant Mines, Nevada Geological Society of Nevada field trip guidebook, October 13-15, 2017,   SP-64, pp. 149-173.
Leach T M  2004 - Distribution of alteration and mineralisation in the northern Carlin Trend gold deposits, Nevada: in   Hi Tech and World Competitive Mineral Success Stories Around the Pacific Rim, Proc, Pacrim 2004 Conference, Adelaide, 19-22 September, 2004, AusIMM, Melbourne,     pp 153-159
Peters S G,  2004 - Syn-deformational features of Carlin-type Au deposits: in    J. of Structural Geology   v26 pp 1007-1023
Ramadorai G, Hausen D M and Bucknam C H,  1991 - Metallurgical, analytical and mineralogical features of Carlin refractory ores: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v6 pp 119-132
Ressel M W and Henry C D,  2006 - Igneous Geology of the Carlin Trend, Nevada: Development of the Eocene Plutonic Complex and Significance for Carlin-Type Gold Deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v101 pp 347-383
Theodore T G, Kotlyar B B, Singer D A, Berger V I, Abbott E W, Foster A L  2003 - Applied geochemistry, geology and mineralogy of the northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada: in    Econ. Geol.   v98 pp 287-316


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