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Table of Contents: Nevada Mining, Prospecting, and Mineral Resource Projects Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Projects Earthquake Hazard Reports Other Projects, Topographic Maps, and Additional Resources Nevada Mining, Prospecting, and Mineral Resource Projects:
Nevada Active Mines and Energy Producers NBMG Map 170, reduced file size pdf. For the complete GIS data set for this map click here (104 Mb zip file). NBMG Open-File Report 10-5, a version of the above map that includes mining district names can also be viewed in a reduced file size by clicking here.
NBMG Mining District and Historic Mining Information Files with Search Engine, 2nd edition, 2010: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 10-8. This data collection, of over 30,000 documents and maps, contains a variety of historic and current mining and mineral resource related information about Nevada. It also includes all of the Bureau's online digital publications, bulletins, maps, reports, open-file reports; oil and gas well logs and production data; and a collection of historic aerial photography over the Reno and Carson City area. This data collection can be purchased in its entirety, including the search engine, on a portable hard drive. Click here to link to an online version.
Metal Mining Districts of Nevada, Map 37, by John Schilling, 1976. This image is of the 3rd edition which is out of print. Map 37 has been superseded by NBMG Report 47, Mining Districts of Nevada, 1998. An untitled map of Nevada Mining Districts, dated 1946, is also viewable as a large Acrobat pdf file. A 1932 NBMG report, with map, on Nevada Mining Districts entitled Metal and Nonmetal Occurrences in Nevada can also be viewed. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-721, is a preliminary report that identifies mineralized areas within Nevada. Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1356 by Maureen Johnson, with plate one "Location of Placer Gold Deposits in Nevada" attached. Map showing Gold-Producing Mining Districts of Nevada, Map 32, by Harold F. Bonham, 1976.
Bulletin 36, Nevada's common minerals (including a preliminary list of minerals found in the state), by Vincent P. Gianella, 1941. A table, Identification of Nevada's Common Minerals, from Identification of Nevada's Common Minerals, Bulletin 22, by Oliver Grawe, 1928. This publication was a predecessor to Bulletin 36. Bulletin 40, The geology of Nevada ore deposits, by Bernard York, and The mining districts of Nevada, by Henry G. Ferguson, 1944. Mineral and water resources of Nevada, 1964, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 65.
Mineral Tables, for the determination and identification of minerals by their physical properties, by Arthur S. Eakle, 1907.
How To Mine and Prospect for Gold, 1971, Bureau of Mines Circular 8517 with attached additional section on sluices from the 1934 Bureau of Mines Circular 6787.
Outline of Nevada mining history, 1964, NBMG Report 7. Card Index File of Nevada Mines, Mining Districts, Minerals, Mine Owners and Operators, and Related References (last entry in 1966), Compiled by Robert C. Horton.
1863 Mining District Map of the Humboldt Range, Nevada, by Milleson and Washburn, in pdf file format.
The Nevada Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Database Update, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 2001-03, is available online as a large zip file - 117 Mb. The goal of this project was to compile and update existing digital datasets containing mine information and site location data on over 100,000 mine and prospect sites throughout the State of Nevada. These digital datasets are in shapefile format and dBase III+ file format. All UTM coordinates associated with this project are in zone 11, meters, NAD 27 projection. This compilation effort concentrated on four primary datasets: Selected items from the U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS) database (USGS Open-File Report 98-512) originally produced by the U.S. Bureau of Mines; the Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) database (USGS Open-File Report 99-169) produced by the U.S. Geological Survey; the Nevada Division of Minerals Abandoned Mine Database; and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 96-4 prospect/mine site point file. This last dataset set was digitized from USGS topographic maps and consisted of mine, prospect, shaft, and quarry locations. Nevada Abandon Mine Lands (AML) Project, Map of the Reno, Nevada area showing some of the data compiled during the AML project.
Compilation of USGS MRDS and USBM MILS mine and prospect data bases into a short version with selected fields in dbase III format. Site locations are in UTM, zone 11, meters, NAD27 projection. Mine name and location accuracy are dependent on the original MRDS and MILS data and can vary significantly from the existing property name and actual location. To see a listing of the data base indexed by site name click here . To see a list of the data base indexed by the topographic map name (note quad location index maps below) that the site is located on click here . To download the dbase file (pkzipped and approximately 1 megabyte in size) click here. USGS, 1984, Topographic Map Index of Nevada, showing older USGS 7.5 minute, 15 minute, and 1 degree map names and outlines. More current index from 1997, Primary Series 1:24,000 Scale Topographic Map Index of Nevada, showing only USGS 7.5 minute map names and outlines.
Google Map KML file compilation for the Nevada Petroleum and Geothermal Society Google Earth Technical Workshop: Reno, Nevada, March 21, 2013. Click here for a zip compressed file containing some of the Nevada mineral resource, oil, gas, geothermal, and geology files converted to Google Map KML format along with other referenced Web links discussed at the workshop (17 Mb zip file).
Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Projects:
Oil and Gas Developments: Completed open-file report 04-01, Oil and Gas Wells Drilled in Nevada 1907-2003. Also available as a zipped dBASE III+ file. This open-file report updates NBMG Bulletin 104 "Oil and Gas Developments in Nevada" produced in 1988. Also completed the 2007 Petroleum data map of Nevada and the 2007, Qualitative Petroleum Potential Map of Nevada with explanatory text. The 2007 report on the Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration with Enhanced Oil Recovery contains tabular data summaries for each oil field in Nevada. The full report with digital GIS files are contained in this zip file. Completed in 2011, the Oil and Gas Well Information for Nevada Update, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) Open-File Report 11-6, is available on portable hard drive-105GB or can be accessed online.
Preliminary Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Disposal by Sequestration in Geological Settings in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 51. A full compilation of all data sets used to produce this report is available for download as a large zip file - 189Mb. The digital data sets in this zip file include the original GIS basedata for state-wide geology, mines, mineral resources, and petroleum coverages that were used to produce the model layers for the report. The final model layers in GIS format are also included.
Geothermal Energy: To review a compilation of the Geothermal chapters of the NBMG Mineral Industry Review from 1994 through 2007 click here . This file is 3 megabytes in size and in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. Map of Nevada Geothermal Resources, 2000. To view the 2009 version of the Nevada Geothermal Well List (NVGEOWEL) sorted by increasing Township click here or listed by permit number click here.
Earthquake Hazard Reports:
HAZUS software applications specialist. HAZUS software is a tool developed by FEMA to assist in estimating the losses associated with potential earthquake and flood events. NBMG utilized HAZUS to produced an earthquake scenario for the Death Valley Region (this is a link to a large jpeg image) and worked with the FEMA HAZUS contractor to update the Nevada portion of the earthquake fault database that is part of HAZUS. Released Open-File Report 06-1, Loss-Estimation Modeling of Earthquake Scenarios for Each County in Nevada Using HAZUS-MH. Community Assistance Program, 2005, Nevada Five-Year Plan Summary.
Other Projects, Topographic Maps, and Additional Resources:
Historic Aerial Photography of the Reno and Carson City Area, Nevada, late 1930s to 1990s, in PDF file format.
Various image processing, Landsat, Aster, and digital elevation model (DEM) projects. False color composite image of the area covered by the Reno 1 by 2 degree quadrangle. This image was created from 1992 MSS data. Nevada as observed from the MODIS satellite. This 2002 image was obtained from NASA.
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geolgy (NBMG) Nevada geologic map index: 2001 text version. Outline map of Nevada showing areas covered by 1:24,000 scale geologic mapping. Nevada State Mapping Advisory Committee web site, general summary, list of activities, and minutes from past meetings.
Geologic Map of Nevada, 1:500,000 scale, by J.H. Stewart and J.E. Carlson in PDF file format. Georeferenced version in TIFFw format, UTM NAD27 Zone 11 projection, zip compressed file.
U.S.G.S. Topographic Map of Nevada, 1:500,000 scale, in PDF file format. Georeferenced version in TIFFw format, UTM NAD27 Zone 11 projection, is contained in the base data directory of Report 51 (NV_500k_topo) a zip compressed file.
USGS Topographic Map Index of Nevada, 1984, showing older USGS 7.5 minute, 15 minute, and 1 degree map names and outlines. More current index from 1997, Primary Series 1:24,000 Scale Topographic Map Index of Nevada, showing only USGS 7.5 minute map names and outlines. USGS Topographic Map Index of California, 1970, showing older USGS 7.5 minute and 15 minute map names and outlines.
Map of the State of Nevada - 1940. The original map is located at the Nevada Historical Society, Reno, Nevada. Some other early road maps of the State of Nevada, 1922 in jpeg file format and 1919 in pdf file format.
Investigation of titanium occurrences in Nevada, 1963, NBMG Report 3.
New Digital Geologic Map of Nevada: 2007, USGS Data Series 249 by A. Elizabeth Jones Crafford and others. Two components of this map represent new information that has not been published in this form before. The new geology layer was created by merging into a single file individual digital Nevada County geologic maps from "Hess and Johnson, 1996, County Digital Mapping Project, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 97-1". The original county geologic maps were published at a scale of 1:250,000. A new regional interpretation was created to unify all of the different county rock units, and then appropriate edits and modifications were made to the file to reflect additional geologic information and more current geologic interpretations.
For additional information I can be reached via email at rhess@ronhess.info .
Last Updated 6/3/25.
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