Geo Gold Emmons

Comments, articles and interesting items on geology and gold exploration. Interesting travel sites for geologists and mining enthusiasts. By a retired exploration geologist.

Friday, October 18, 2019

1986 Field Trip to the Fortitude Gold-Silver Mine, NV

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In May 1986, I was working for Tenneco Minerals Company as an exploration geologist and visited the Fortitude gold skarn deposit in the Batt...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Gold Specimens from the Round Mountain Mine, Nevada

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The Round Mountain gold deposit is located in central Nevada and is a low-grade, disseminated gold deposit. The mineralization is hosted by ...
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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Wall Canyon, Nye Co., NV: Isoclinal and recumbant folds

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A cliff face on the south side of Wall Canyon in the Toiyabe Range is an excellent exposure of early Paleozoic sedimentary rocks tightly fol...
Friday, December 29, 2017

iPhone App: Photos with GPS Coordinates and Map

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There is an App that every field geologist should have, it is called "Theodolite." It runs on iPhones and other smart phones in ...
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Geology and Ore Deposit Stamps - South Africa

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Earlier this year someone posted this on Linked In; stamps showing beautiful cross sections of ten ore deposits of South Africa. Geology ...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Jamestown Gold Mine, CA: Mother Lode Exposed in Open Pit

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  In April 1992, I toured the Jamestown mine that is adjacent to Highway 49 in the Mother Lode district of California.  I snapped a photo ...
Friday, July 21, 2017

The Cove Open Pit Au-Ag Mine and Anticline, Nevada

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I found a photo that I snapped in October 2000 of the Cove pit showing the well exposed anticline.  October 2000 was the last month of open ...
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Retired exploration geologist that worked from 1974 to 2015 in gold exploration and mining, industrial minerals, and metals.
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