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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carlin Trend mining district canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5571395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carlin Trend mining district Context triple: [Nevada mining districts, hasPart, Carlin Trend mining district]
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A.
Kelty mining area
The Kelty mining area is a historic coal mining district in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland, once part of the region’s extensive industrial coal production.
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B.
Eureka Mining District
The Eureka Mining District is a historic mining area in central Nevada known for its rich deposits of silver, lead, and other minerals that spurred significant 19th-century mining activity.
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C.
Valleyfield mining area
The Valleyfield mining area is a coal mining district in Fife, Scotland, historically associated with deep coal extraction and the wider industrial heritage of the Fife coalfield.
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D.
Bullfrog mining district
The Bullfrog mining district was an early 20th-century gold-mining area in southwestern Nevada that spurred the rapid growth of nearby boomtowns such as Rhyolite and Beatty.
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E.
St Agnes Mining District
St Agnes Mining District is a historic mining area on the north coast of Cornwall, England, known for its former tin and copper mines and distinctive industrial heritage landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carlin Trend mining district Target entity description: 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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A.
Kelty mining area
The Kelty mining area is a historic coal mining district in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland, once part of the region’s extensive industrial coal production.
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B.
Eureka Mining District
The Eureka Mining District is a historic mining area in central Nevada known for its rich deposits of silver, lead, and other minerals that spurred significant 19th-century mining activity.
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C.
Valleyfield mining area
The Valleyfield mining area is a coal mining district in Fife, Scotland, historically associated with deep coal extraction and the wider industrial heritage of the Fife coalfield.
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D.
Bullfrog mining district
The Bullfrog mining district was an early 20th-century gold-mining area in southwestern Nevada that spurred the rapid growth of nearby boomtowns such as Rhyolite and Beatty.
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E.
St Agnes Mining District
St Agnes Mining District is a historic mining area on the north coast of Cornwall, England, known for its former tin and copper mines and distinctive industrial heritage landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic region
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gold mining district ⓘ mining district ⓘ |
| alterationType |
argillization
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decarbonatization ⓘ silicification ⓘ |
| associatedCompany |
Barrick Gold Corporation
ⓘ
Newmont Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Newmont Mining
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depositStyle | epigenetic sediment-hosted gold deposit ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Newmont Mining Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Newmont Mining
|
| 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
ⓘ
Elko County, Nevada ⓘ
linked to:
Elko County
Great Basin ⓘ Nevada ⓘ northeastern Nevada ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Carlin, Nevada ⓘ |
| miningMethod |
open-pit mining
ⓘ
underground mining ⓘ |
| oreControl |
stratigraphically controlled
ⓘ
structurally controlled ⓘ |
| oreFluidCharacteristic | low-salinity hydrothermal fluids ⓘ |
| oreMineralogy |
arsenopyrite
ⓘ
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
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pressure oxidation ⓘ roasting ⓘ |
| structuralSetting | northwest-trending belt ⓘ |
| sulfurIsotopeSignature | sedimentary sulfur signature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Carlin Trend mining district Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
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