 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geochemistry of abandoned mercury mines in West-Central Nevada, USA John E. Gray*, James G. Crock, David L. Fey US...80225, USA Abstract The Humboldt River is a closed basin and is the longest river in Nevada. Numerous...mines into surrounding ecosystems, including the Humboldt River, is of environmental concern. Samples of...the mines. Sediment samples collected from the Humboldt River basin contain 40.28 mg Hg/kg. Leachate samples...were found in water samples collected from the Humboldt River system, and these were below the 0.012 mg/l |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GOLD-SCHEELITE-CINNABAR HUMBOLDT RONALD WILLDEN PLACER COUNTY, AND No. 7 NEVADA PRESTON IN • E....in a placer depositin the Dutch Flat mining district in north-central Nevada. These materials are the...stagesof metallogenicactivity recorded in the district. The gold and perhapsmost of the scheelitewere...c{nnabarare present{n a placer depos{t{n the Dutch Flat m{ningdistr{ct,on the west slopeof the southern...southern endof the Hot Spr{ngsRange,Humbolt County,Ncv. (F{g. 1). The d{strict x Publication authorized by |  | | Report (issue) | | Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 431...Deposits of the Osgood Mountains Quadrangle Humboldt County, Nevada I By PRESTON E. HOTZ and RONALD WILLDEN...deposits of the Osgood Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada, by Preston E. Hotz and Ronald Willden...Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada. 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geology-Nevada-Humboldt Co. 2. Ore:-deposits-NevadaHumboldt...mboldt Co. 3. Mines and mineral resources-Nevada-Humboldt Co. I. Willden, Charles Ronald, 1929joint author |  | | Report (issue) | | UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN Val,. S X X I T II I 1)ECEBIIIElZ 1944 No. 5 GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES No...No. 41 er Deposits In Nevada BY EDGARH. BAILEY and DAVID A. PHOENIX Geologists, U. S. Geological Survey...Survey PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY NEVADA STATE BUREAU OF MINES IN COOPERATION WiTH UNITED STATES OEOLOOlCAL...SURVEY PRICE ONE DOLLAR j sin PUBLICATION OF THE NEVADA STATEBUREAUOF MINES A N D THE MACKAY &HWL OF MINES...THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO, NEVADA Entered in the Post Office at Reno, Nevada, as second-class matter |  | | Report (issue) | | Data for Environmental Studies of Mercury Mines in Nevada by John E. Gray, Monique G. Adams, James G. Crock...Geochemical data for sediment and rock samples in the Humboldt River study............. Table 5. Geochemical...Geochemical data for calcine samples collected in the Humboldt River study............... Table 6. Geochemical data...data for water samples collected in the Humboldt River study................. 10 11 12 22 31 40 FIGURES...districts studied and samples collected from the Humboldt River and Rye Patch Reservoir................ |  | Beard, L. Sue, Kennedy, Jeffrey, Truini, Margot, Felger, Tracey (2011) Geologic map of Detrital, Hualapai, and Sacramento Valleys and surrounding areas, northwest Arizona. Open-File Report 2011-1225. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20111225 | Report (issue) | | ......................................... 18 Dutch Flat Subbasin.......................................also shows a deep subbasin, herein called the Dutch Flat subbasin, in the southern part of Sacramento...degrees northeast. The basal arkosic Tapeats Sandstone (_bt) rests unconformably on Proterozoic rocks...burrow-mottled green micaceous shale and reddish-brown sandstone. The Bright Angel Shale (_bt) in turn grades upward...red to white Esplanade Sandstone, which is about 130 m thick. This sandstone grades upward into slope-forming |  | | Report (issue) | | an overall guide been written on gold and gold mining of publications have no single report or to...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...longer district Hulin, respectively. the principal features of each gold-bearing district are described...publications were written on various phases of gold mining. The reports of John Trosk, the first State Geologist |  | | Report (issue) | | of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised 1990...north-south ranges of central and northeastern Nevada (Fig. I). These belts, or their extensions, contain...vast majority of precious metal deposits found in Nevada to date. Our trip begins in the Walker Lane mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER...Statement xxiii Participation of the California State Mining Bureau in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition...Production General Features I. Alpine County. 5 6 6 , Mining Districts The Mogul and Monitor Districts...Hercules Company 14 23 Silver Mountain District Silver King District Mineral Water Grover's Hot Springs...27 27 27 , , Bibliography Chapter II, Inyo County. Introduction and Acknowledgments Location and |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR OF THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA : I I / BY WALDEMAR - LINDGREN...73 rrHE .TERTIAR Y GRAVELS OF .THE SIE~ RRA NEVADA OF CALIJTORNIA BY WALDEMAR LINDGREN . 0 (.....Outline of later geologic history of the Sierra Nevada ..... ___ __ _____ __ ________ ~ ___ . _............... __ . _. _. _........... ~. '- ....... . Mining debris ............................. _.... ___..... ________ . . _. __ .-. ; ... __ Quantity of mining debris, by G. K. Gilbert ...•..... _._ ....... |  | | Report (volume) | | transcontinental route. It is one of the most productive mining regions of the world. That it is not all a desert...lies the Sierra Nevada, which on this route marks approximately the boundary between Nevada and California...in diameter. These fragments are of limestone, sandstone, quartz, and other rocks, but the largest and...rest, it is supposed to consist of limestone and sandstone of Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) age, which are...agricultural State and has been called "a State without a mine," but it does contribute to the country's mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | 1 D E J •LEGEND- MEXICO -^ Mining O Division Boundaries. Mining Division Offices. (6) PREFACE...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then State Mineralogist...''Minerals of California," of the California State Mining Bureau. In the thirty years which had elapsed since...published as Bulletin 91 of the California State Mining Bureau. Many additional species were included,...commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic |  | | Report (issue) | | resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada by George Wong Open-File Report 83-721 This...Appendix A **~""~~"* "* *** *"* * » Table Table 1. District descriptions . .-.-.-. . -.-. . . . .-. .-. <...resource areas in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada By George Wong The purpose of this map is to identify...Province. These areas include past and present mining and prospecting localities as well as areas of...map are not legal mining district boundaries and may include more than one district as well as adjacent |  | | Report (issue) | | particular service in co- operating with the State ^Mining Bureau in making possible this addition to our...a part of the Fourth Annual Report of the State Mining Bureau, by Henry G. Hanks, who was then quently...the thirty years which elapsed since the State Mining Bureau. appearance of the second list, our knowledge...literature of a general nature on Die geology and mining industry of the State. The various kinds of minerals...Woodcock, formerly of the State Mining Bureau. Walter W. Bradley of the State Mining Bureau, M. Vonsen of Petaluma |  | | Report (issue) | | BULLETIN No, 92 ISSUIDBYTfSE CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING - SAN FRANCISCO wummmKraBtaaaaaaeu...archive.org/details/bulletin92cali CALIFORNIA STATK MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO LLOYD L...points proved in same. Chapter I. Control of Mining Debris History of problem and efforts to solve...valleys. Future benefits to be derived. II. Placer Mining Methods Methods of liandling- and commercial exploitation...of California, in the region known as the Sierra Nevada Gold Pelt and a geological table, by Mr. Mark Ailing |  | | Report (issue) | | MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA... MS 176, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0047 CONTENTS Introduction........................................ Northern Nevada Rift ............................................assessment of BLMadministered lands in northwest Nevada and northeast California. The project area is composed...(RAs), totalling 13.5 million acres, in northwest Nevada and northeast California (figs. 1, 2). The SonomaGerlach |  | | Report (issue) | | " ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. FIFTH Hanks, State Mineralogist...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor... REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report by the...statistical information in reference to mines and mining as shall be deemed important." In obedience to...Mineralogist, has been prepared. The prosperity of the Mining Bureau, and the growth and progress of the State |  | | Journal (issue) | | Clarno rocks are absent, above conglomerate, sandstone, and shale of probable Cretaceous age or above...Parrish Creek (figure 3) and about a mile south of Dutch Flat (figure 4), although these layers may be greatly...-Fault D; downthrow side. u E U• Conglomerate, sandstone and shale. Figure 1. Geologic map of the Sheep...the other deposit (figure 4) is just south of Dutch Flat (sec. 22, T. 85., R. 22 E.) in the Mitchell quadrangle...horizon. The zeolitized tuff (figure 4) near Dutch Flat in the Mitchell quadrangle is 35 to 40 feet thick |  | | Journal (issue) | | Williams, Arizona. FIELD TRIP Feb. 14-15—Missionary district of Arizona of Episcopal church. Flagstaff, Arizona...Taos pueblo. New Mexico. Feb. 17-22 — Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival. Arabian Nights... FEBRUARY, 1950 By AL HAWORTH LETTERS LOST MINE MINING TALL TALES 17 Comment by Desert leaders 22...Glendale. Arizona. CONTEST Feb. 18-26—Maricopa County Fair and Citrus show. Mesa, Arizona. CLOSE-UPS...If I were a lizard, I tell you what, I'd go to Nevada and there I'd squat. Under the sage-brush—fine |  | | Book | | mountains. Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. Treasury Department...general idea No official document in any gress of the mining interest on the Pacific slope. department of the...lowing points 1. The origin of gold and silver mining on the Pacific coast and present condition of that...diggings and quartz lodes. 3. Different systems of mining, machinery used, processes of reducing the ores...waste, and net profits. 4. Population engaged in mining, exclusively and in part, capital and labor employed |  | | Journal (issue) | | BIRTHDAY 100 YEARS AGO 10 Betty Shannon GOLD HILL, NEVADA 14 Howard Neal IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PADRE CARCES...Lake Powell; Howard Neal takes us to Gold Hill, Nevada and Fred Cook travels to New Mexico and gives an...Number Two, Slim and Henrietta explore Arizona, Nevada and Old Mexico,, with the areas ranging from modern...Columbia, Alaska, Utah, Calif., Colorado, Idaho, Nevada Exploring the Unspoiled West Vol. 2 New Mexico...photos. Fascinating pictorial accounts of the gold mining towns of the Old West—and the men who worked them |  | | Book | | California Meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 1899 ^ — /^...spirited enough to look citizens after their county interests, prepared from the Secretary's all... some of the people who are seeking legitimate mining investments. Very truly, Edward H. Benjamin...below fifty millions. It was nearly all placer mining that was done in those days. Since then we have...wing-damming, dry-washing, and other forms of gold mining. The relative importance, at the present time |  | | Journal (issue) | | desert, through the Mojave desert to Inyo county, southern Nevada and southern Utah, and Arizona, on sandy...ranging into the desert areas of eastern San Diego county and on to the edge of the Colorado desert. Blooms...7000 feet, in Arizona, New Mexico and southern Nevada, to be looked for from March to May. THE DESERT...Fe, New Mexico. Sept. 2-3-4-5—Nevada State Fair and Rodeo, Fallon, Nevada. Sept. 3-4—Third Annual Gem and...California BOTANY Sept. 3-4-5—Nevada Rodeo, "The West at Its Best," Winnemucca, Nevada. Dolphin-Flower or Cavalier's |  | | Report (issue) | | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- |  | | Journal (issue) | | DESERT CALENDAR Oct. 31—Nevada Day, parade, evening celebration, Carson City, Nevada. Nov. 1—All Saints Day...Nov. 6—United Miners National conference, Reno, Nevada. Nov. 8-9 — Arizona State Bankers convention, Phoenix...11-12-13—Clark County Gem Collectors Mineral and Gem show, U. S. Naval Reserve armory, Las Vegas, Nevada. Nov....poems 26 PHOTOGRAPHY Contest winners in September MINING Current news of desert mines LETTERS Comment by...at the south end of the lake—to the right of the county road leading into town. We took a ragged dirt path |
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