Mineral Resources of the Morey and Fandango Wilderness Study Areas, Nye County, Nevada

John, David A.; Nash, J. Thomas; Plouff, Donald; McDonnell, John R., Jr.

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The Morey (NV-060-191) and Fandango (NV-060-190) Wilderness Study Areas are located in the northern Hot Creek Range about 25 mi north of Warm Springs, Nev. At the request of the Bureau of Land Management, 46,300 acres of the Morey and Fandango Wilderness Study Areas were studied. In this report, the area studied is referred to as ‘the wilderness study area‘, or simply ‘the study area‘. Geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral surveys were conducted by the USGS and the USBM in 1984 to appraise the identified mineral resources and to assess the mineral resource potential of the study areas. These studies indicate that there are small identified resources of zinc, lead, and silver at the Lead Pipe property in the Fandango Wilderness Study Area, several areas of high potential for the occurrence of gold resources in the Fandango study area, small areas of low and moderate potential for the occurrence of silver, lead, and zinc resources in the Fandango study area, areas of moderate and high potential for the occurrence of silver, lead, and zinc resources in the Morey study area, and an area of low potential for copper, molybdenum, and tin in the Morey study area. Both study areas have low resource potential for petroleum, natural gas, uranium, and geothermal energy.

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33428

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John, David A.; Nash, J. Thomas; Plouff, Donald; McDonnell, John R., Jr.

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Report: vi, A19; Plate

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Bulletin

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1731-A

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Mineral Resources of the Morey and Fandango Wilderness Study Areas, Nye County, Nevada; 1987; B; 1731-A; John, David A.; Nash, J. Thomas; Plouff, Donald; McDonnell, John R., Jr.

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1987

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Mineral Resources of the Morey and Fandango Wilderness Study Areas, Nye County, Nevada; 1987; B; 1731-A; John, David A.; Nash, J. Thomas; Plouff, Donald; McDonnell, John R., Jr.