 | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist | | | Report (issue) | | MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst |  | Price, Jonathan G., Henry, Christopher D., Castor, Stephen B., Garside, Larry, Faulds, James E. (1999) Geology of Nevada With excellent rock exposures in the desert, generally good access to collecting localities on public lands, and fine tourist attractions in the towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. Rocks & Minerals, 74 (6) 357-363 doi:10.1080/00357529909605171 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | towns, Nevada is a wonderful state for rock and mineral enthusiasts. T he geology of Nevada is the...human history. The overall geologic history of Nevada, which spans more than 2.5 billion years (table...faults have raised and occasionally tilted the mountains and lowered the basins. Over the years, these...fig. 1) that are derived from erosion of the mountains and that are tens of thousands of feet thick in...Many of the range-bounding faults remain active. Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the |  | | Journal (volume) | | classes 1. Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...SUMMARY 10 Imperial County, Cargo Muchacho and Picacho District Inyo County, Argus Range and Skidoo... 10 Kern County, Mojave, Tropico, Kernville and Randsburg Districts Los Angeles County 10 11 Mono...Mono County, Bodie, Blind Springs Hill, Masonic, and Silverado Districts Mono Leake, May Lundy 11 ... Riverside County, Chuckawalla, Eagle Mountains, Pinto Basin and Pinacate Districts 11 San Bernardino |  | | Report (volume) | | 'r v.·,,.,. . ... Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada By MAUREEN G. JOHNSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN... CONTENTS Page DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WILLIAM P. CLARK, Secretary U.S. GEOLOOICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck...-----------------72: Telephone Canyon (Pilot Mountains) district----------------------- 26 26 28 28...51 51 51 52 53 55 55 55 55 55 56 56 v Page Nye County ___ ------- ___ _ 73. Bullfrog district_ ____________...district (Storey County) _________ _ 105. Carson River district (Ormsby County) ___ _ Washoe CountY--------- |  | | Report (issue) | | AND IRETEBA PEAKS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA By JAMES E. CONRAD*, GARY A. NOWLAN* £7...Peaks (NV-050-438) Wilderness Study Areas, Clark County, Nevada. 11 CONTENTS Summary 1 Abstract 1 Character...and Ireteba Peaks Wilderness Study Areas, Clark County, Nevada 17 2. Summary of geochemical characteristics...and Ireteba Peaks Wilderness Study Areas, Clark County, Nevada, based on analyses of samples of stream...and Ireteba Peaks Wilderness Study Areas, Clark County, Nevada 2 2. Map showing mineral resource potential |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology Between Lake Mead and Davis Dam Arizona-Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 374-E Reconnaissance...Geology Between Lake Mead and Davis Dam Arizona-Nevada By CHESTER R. LONGWELL SHORTER CONTRIBUTIONS TO...______________---_---__-___-__-------Structure of Black Mountains.-______________ Section along Boulder Canyon__-_---_-__Structure...Black Mountains ___________ Boulder Basin to Eldorado Wash _________ Northern Eldorado Mountains block..._____________--_--_Eldorado Wash to Newberry Mountains. __ Structure east of Newberry Mountains _ _ _ _ Dating of faults |  | | Report (issue) | | in a Cordilleran metamorphic complex, Whipple Mountains, California.....................................and Range Province in the vicinity of Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona ............................... Robert...structure of a portion of the Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.........................Mojave and western Sonoran Deserts, California, Nevada, and Arizona ....................................igneous activity in the Little Maria Mountains, Riverside County, California......................... |  | | Report (volume) | | Resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California By RICHARD...resources of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California. U.S. Geological...resources California Providence Mountains Wilderness. 2. Providence Mountains wilderness (Calif.) I. Goldfarb...of a mineral survey of part of the Providence Mountains Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-263), California Desert |  | | Report (issue) | | DEPOSITS OF THE ORD MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER, JR., California...Mountain district... General view of the Ord Mountains from Lucerne Valley View of the metavolcanic rocks...thin section showing relationship of galena and pyrite in quartz _ _. Photomicrograph of thin section...is the central hump of the dark and rugged Ord Mountains, the highest range of the south-central part of...intense wall rock Scheelite that occurs origin. Pyrite alteration is may be indicative of additional |  | | Report (issue) | | GOLD By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...deposits within the state, mostly in the Sierra Nevada. Some of these reports are classics now. Among...Sierra Nevada, Lindgren's 1911 professional paper on the number of very excellent reports Nevada and...gold-mining operations; the and Geology and the County a number of bulletins on certain phases and...Survey, especially to the three men of amount Nevada: Waldemar Lindgren, of the Geological Errol |  | Wilkinson, W., Wendt, C., Wilkins, J., Haxel, G. (1986, March) Frontiers in geology and ore deposits of Arizona and the southwest, Field Trip Guidebook 3 - Precious metal mineralization, stratigraphy, and tectonics in southeastern California - Part B. Guidebook. Arizona Geological Society | Report (issue) | | Overview of Mesquite mine Stop 3. Cargo Muchacho Mountains-visits to American Girl, American Boy, and Padre-Madre...Tucson Mountains and Catalina Mountains Pusch Ridge arid the forerange of the Catalina Mountains lie to...clocks. To the west of the freeway are the Tucson Mountains, a complex series of intrusions and lava flows...Rincon Mountains. Cienega Creek rises in the Sonoita valley east of the Santa Rita Mountains and flows...separates the high Catalina Mountains on the east from the lower Tortolita Mountains on the west. Both the |  | | Book | | DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF PALEOGENE ROCKS NEAR ELKO, NEVADA . . . . . . . . . . . Barry J. Solomon; Edwin H...75 CENOZOIC VOLCANISM IN THE NEWBERRY MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA . . . . . . . . ....PALEOGENE NONMARINE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA . . . . Thomas D. Fouch 97 PETROLOGY OF PALEOGENE...STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS OF THE LAKE MEAD REGION OF SOUTHERN NEVADA .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....EVIDENCE FOR A MIOCENE COOLING EVENT, WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA . . . . . . . . . Roy |  | | Book | | have been found mainly in the Sierra Nevada and the Klarnath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions...are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...'ID:[~ • ,., 1 - - EXPLANATION I KLAMATH MOUNTAINS n CASCADE RANGE - - O e -o ,-- I I ~...PLATEAU I7 COAST RANGES 7 GREAT VALLEY :2f SIERRA NEVADA ~ BASIN RANGES Ell MOJAVE DESERT II TRANSVERSE...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA | | | Book | | platinum — have been found mainly in Nevada and the Klamath Mountains provinces. These mountain regions...species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary...KLAMATH MOUNTAINS H CASCADE RANGE HI MODOC PLATEAU COAST RANGES S GREAT VALLEY SI SIERRA NEVADA 21 BASIN...Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA R5W i |  | | Journal (issue) | | mines, cemeteries, schools, views of California mountains, valleys and sky, forests and wildflowers all...pages $2.50. NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS by Stanley W. Paher. Covering all of Nevada s 17 counties...complete collection of historic photographs of Nevada ever published. This, coupled with his excellent...half-millionacre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County. Though now a park attraction, it took many years...were found on the rocky slopes of the Vallecito Mountains. Since that time desert travelers have visited |  | | Report (issue) | | porphyry copper deposits of Jurassic age in the Ord Mountains area... 64 in 16B. Graph showing probabilistic...copper deposits of Jurassic age in the Pinto Mountains area.. 65 17. Graph showing probabilistic estimates...located around the Ord Mountains; (P)- permissive terrane located in the Pinto Mountains; (J)-Jurassic polymetallic...(e.g. Stedman Mining District in the Bullion Mountains), iron (Iron Mountain and Cave Canyon), tungsten...(table 1 A). These are vein barite (model 27e; Clark and Orris, 1991), epithermal manganese (model 25g; |  | | Book | | albeit not ideally developed, occur in the Hakos Mountains in the central Damara Orogen in Namibia; BEHR...im Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. Aus der Sammlung von W. E. Hidden, Newark, USA (jetzt NHM Wien)...Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. From the collection of W. E. Hidden, Newark, USA (now NHM Vienna)...anatase, brookite, titanite, tourmaline, pyrrhotite, pyrite, muscovite, chlorite and several sulfosalts. Fe-...inclusions easily seen by the unaided eye. The mountains of the Subpolar Ural (Pripol'arnyi Ural, Russia) |  | | Book | | BARSTOW—BAKER 39 44 INTERSTATE 15: BAKER—PRIMM, NEvADA 54 INTERSTATE 40: BARSTOW—NEEDLES 59 US 66: LUDLOw—FENNER...TRANSVERSE RANGES 228 San Bernardino Mountains 228 San Gabriel Mountains 229 Road Guides for the Transverse...and appropriate. Post miles give mileage on a per-county basis. Some counties place post mile signs only...given county. Mileage increases eastward or northward and then restarts at 0 at the next county line....is Santa Barbara County; 29.00 is highway mileage from the south boundary of the county. Post miles are |  | | Journal (issue) | | near LE:S Vegas, Nevada. In the June, 1944, issue of DESERT ("Miracle Metal From Nevada Hills") Lelande...15—Air derby, Montebello, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada. Nonprofessional pilots, 150 private planes. Information:...native reservation among the Peacock and Music mountains. That was the last time colonization was tried...erected out on the arid desert near Las Vegas, Nevada — a plant where one-fourth of the emergency need...flocking back looking for jobs because they like the Nevada desert. 10 By JOHN HILTON Photos by Harlow Jones |  | | Report (issue) | | Distension in ·0 Tertiary Rocks of Southeastern Nevada The best exposed structural units exhibit a serial...Basin and Range province south of Lake 'kad. in Nevada and Arizona. They consist mostly of lava and flow...INTRODUCTION Recent geologic mapping in south�rn Nevada has revealed numerous examples of steeply tilted...the Black and Eldorado Mountains between Kingman, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada ; others occur in the...the San Antonio Mountains and Cactus range near Tonopah, Nevada (Fig. I), in the northern Pahroc Range in |  | | Report (volume) | | adjacent Idaho. Manhattan district, Nevada.. Artillery Mountains, County, Ariz. Western Mojave Desert, Calif... and Dibblee (1958); Ver Planck (1952). Cassia County, Idaho. ___ ... ....... 200± ....... ... 200± __...Roslyn Formation. __________ Northern Cascade Mountains, Wash-Salt Lake Group. ___ ........... Middle...-N. Mex.... ... 25± fornia. Mts., Utah. Teton County, Wyo...... Kunkel and Upson (1960). Sonoma VaUey...of Winfrey. _ Eocene.. .......... East-Central Nevada. ................ 3,500±. ........ ... 3,500±. |  | | Journal (volume) | | Geology of Palm Springs-Blythe Strip, Riverside County, California, by William J. Miller Geology of Parts...Parts of tbe Barstow Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California, by William J. Miller 9 11 73 Geology...Geology of the Needles-Goffs Region, San Bernardino County, California, by William J. Miller 113 SPECIAL...Mines. His engineering work has covered California, Nevada, and other States; and since his affiliation in...Mines ; Mines and Mineral Resources of Santa Cruz County ; Discoveries in the Strategic Minerals, San Francisco |  | | Book | | all-pervasive since the Sierra Nevada was formed. Half Dome is one of the famous mountains of North America. (Photo...Valley. Illustration: The Whitney (Muir) Crest Nevada. Mt. Whitney 4521.247 m), highest peak in the coterminal...discussing the Whitney (Muir] Crest of the Sierra Nevada, the question should be not so much what the crest...acknowledged beyond, but special due to Malcolm Clark, who suggested important sources of illustrative...Systematic Study of California Geology, 8 2. Sierra Nevada 11 Geography, 12 Rocks: Subjacent Series, 12 |  | | Report (volume) | | Highly Extended Terranes, California, Arizona, and Nevada 216 TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY OF HIGHLY EXTENDED...EXTENDED TERRANES, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA REFERENCES CITED Crowe, B.M., 1973, Cenozoic volcanic geology...geology of the southeastern Chocolate Mountains, California: Santa Barbara, University of California...basin-range faulting in the southeasternmost Chocolate Mountains, Ca1ifornia: Geological Society of America Bulletin... Geology of the Chocolate and Cargo Muchacho Mountains, southeasternmost Cahfornia: Santa Barbara. University |
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