Lithogeochemistry of Carlin-type gold mineralization in the Gold Bar district, Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, Nevada

Yigit O., HOFSTRA A.

ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS, vol.22, pp.201-224, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 22
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0169-1368(02)00142-7
  • Journal Name: ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.201-224
  • Keywords: lithogeochemistry, Carlin-type deposits, gold mineralization, Nevada, JERRITT-CANYON, DEPOSITS, CONSTRAINTS, MAGMATISM, AGE
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The Gold Bar district contains five Carlin-type gold deposits and four resources for a combined gold endowment of 1.6 M oz [50 t]. The gold deposits are hosted in Devonian carbonate rocks below parautochthonous and allochthonous Paleozoic siliciclastic rocks emplaced during the Early Mississippian Antler orogeny. The district is in the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, a long-lived structural feature that localized intrusions and ore deposits of different types and ages.