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Carson Sink area, Nevada manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: 85-18
Abstract

Unpublished manuscript, informally known as the Schrader report, on the geology of the Carson Sink region of Nevada (Churchill and Pershing Counties), prepared from field work undertaken between 1911-1921 by Frank C. Schrader.

Dates: 1911-1921

Jonathan O. Davis Records

 Collection
Identifier: 98-36
Abstract The collection documents Davis' professional career through materials related to his research projects, articles and other writings, professional associations, field notes and research data, and professional correspondence. Topics in the professional papers include archaeological geology, volcanic ash studies, and Quaternary stratigraphy. Davis' personal life is represented by personal correspondence both to and from Davis and an interesting group of materials related to his involvement as a...
Dates: 1908-1991; Majority of material found within 1961-1990

Eastern Nevada Geological Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1065
Abstract

Correspondence and other business records detailing activities and members of the Society. The collection contains material from 1950-1975 created by the Eastern Nevada Geological Society.

Dates: 1950-1975

A Brief Description of the Geology and Ore Deposits of Sod House and French Canyons, Cortez Mountains, Eureka County, Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: NC193
Abstract

Report on copper and iron ore mining in Sod House Canyon and French Canyon, accompanied by a copper assay made at the Mexican Gold and Silver Company for Mr. Eichberg. The collection contains material from 1913 created by R. Z. Marold.

Dates: 1913

Vincent Paul Gianella Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 85-01
Abstract

Vincent Paul Gianella (1886-1983) was a professor in the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1915-1925 and again from 1935-1952. The collection contains correspondence, field notes, subject files, geologic reports, printed materials, maps, photographs related to Gianella's research in Nevada geology and earthquakes, his work at the Mackay School of Mines, and to routes of John C. Fremont and other early explorers of Nevada.

Dates: 1859-1982

J. Claude Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 88-29
Abstract

Includes reports by Jones on geology of various mines; correspondence, field notes, and brochures related to his activities as a consultant; one letter from his daughter Dorothy; and a membership certificate.

Dates: 1914-1925

Nevada; A Guide to the Silver State

 Collection
Identifier: 90-63
Abstract

Research papers on Nevada, written in preparation of the publication by the same title. These papers included research which was rewritten or omitted from the published edition.

Dates: circa 1940

A Partial Review of Israel Cook Russell's Geologic History of Lake Lahontan (1885) in Respect to Several More Recent Geologic Publications

 Collection
Identifier: 89-38
Abstract

Report comparing Russell's book on the geologic history of Lake Lahontan, Nevada, with later works centering on the origin of the name, the level of Pyramid Lake and its relationship with Winnemucca Lake, and theories of tufa formation as related to the age of Pyramid Lake.

Dates: 1981

Reports on Pine Valley

 Collection
Identifier: 88-20
Abstract

Correspondence and geological reports about the Pine Valley, Nevada, region, particularly in regard to the possibilities of petroleum deposits. Reports done for Jack Taylor and Associates also include geological data on Elko, White Pine, northern Nye, and Lander counties.

Dates: 1956-1970

U. S. Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Reports for Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: 82-06
Abstract

Cultural resource reports collected by the Bureau of Land Management in the state of Nevada. The collection contains surveys, inventories, and reports on development and exploration of public lands primarily from the 1970s and early 1980s.

Dates: 1950-1988

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