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Research about Mineral County, Nevada
Source-linked reports with geographic coverage including Mineral County, Nevada.
Ground-water conditions in Whisky Flat, Mineral County, Nevada
As a part of the State-wide cooperative program between the Office of the State Engineer of Nevada and the U.S. Geological Survey, the Ground Water Branch of the Geological Survey made a reconnaissance study of ground-water conditions in Whisky Flat, Mineral County, Nevada.
Quicksilver deposits of the Pilot Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada
In the course of general geologic mapping of the Hawthorne quadrangle, in western Nevada, the writer undertook a short study of the quicksilver deposits of the Pilot Mountains. The work was. done under the supervision of Henry G. Ferguson, in charge of the field work in the Hawthorne quadrangle, and the writer was accompanied by L. B. Spencer, mining engineer, of Mina, Nev., whose intimate knowledge of the district greatly facilitated the study and to whom the writer is indebted for much valuable information. Data on the general geology of the district, collected by Messrs. Ferguson and Cathcart, were freely drawn upon. The deposits of the Pilot Mountains were first described by Knopf* and later briefly by Ransome. 2