| Abstract: | Churchill County, in west-central Nevada, is an area of varied topography and geology that has had a rather small total mineral production. The western part of the county is dominated by the broad low valley of the Carson Sink, which is underlain by deposits of Lake Lahontan. The bordering mountain ranges to the west and south are of low relief and underlain largely by Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary units. Pre-Tertiary rocks are extensively exposed east of the Carson Sink in the Stillwater Range, Clan Alpine Mountains, Augusta Mountains, and New Pass Mountains. The eastern valleys are underlain by Quaternary alluvial and lacustrine deposits contemporaneous with the western deposits of Lake Lahontan. The eastern mountain ranges are more rugged than the western ranges and have higher relief; the eastern valleys are generally narrower. |
| Genre: | Other Government Series |
| ProdID: | 70042609 |
| Citation Author: | Willden, Ronald ; Speed, Robert C. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Earthquake Hazards Program |
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| Citation End Page: | 95 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
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| Citation LatN: | 40.0026 |
| Citation LatS: | 39.0733 |
| Citation LonE: | -117.4613 |
| Citation LonW: | -119.2261 |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 102 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, 95 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
| Citation Series: | NBMG Bulletin |
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| Citation Series Number: | 83 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Geology and mineral deposits of Churchill County, Nevada; 1974; Other Government Series; 83; Willden, Ronald ; Speed, Robert C. |
| Citation Start Page: | i |
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| Citation Year: | 1974 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Geology and mineral deposits of Churchill County, Nevada; 1974; Other Government Series; 83; Willden, Ronald ; Speed, Robert C. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (ABSTRACT): | http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/davescans/bull83.pdf |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2013 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
| Superseded by: |
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr68329
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