NBMG News

October 1, 2010

New at NBMG: M161–Nevada Geothermal Resources

by Robin Penfield, Lisa Shevenell, Larry Garside, and Richard Zehner2010 A 1:750,000-scale color map showing geothermal resources in Nevada, including active direct use applications and power plants as of June 2010. Locations are based on a compil…

September 22, 2010

Celebrate Earth Science Week 2010

“In Search of Tufa, Tuff, and Tough Rocks” Field trip dates: October 16 and 17, 2010. The same free field trip is scheduled for both days. Please visit http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/ESW/ESW_10/index.html to register, view the field trip road log and map…

September 22, 2010

Mackay Rock and Mineral Sale

Unique specimens $5 and under! Time: 10:00am-2:00pmWhen: Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010Where: By the John Mackay statue on the north end of the QuadQuestions: Call Rachel Dolbier at (775) 784-4528 http://www.mines.unr.edu/museum Proceeds go to the Mackay Rockhou…

August 19, 2010

New at NBMG: OF10-7 – Preliminary surficial geologic map of Clark County, Nevada

by P. Kyle House, Heather Green, Abbey Grimmer, and the Nevada Digital Dirt Mapping Team This map is the only county-wide surficial geologic map with more than a few units ever to be produced by NBMG (it covers 20,000 sq. km). Thanks to a temporar…

August 19, 2010

New at NBMG: OF03-4 (2nd edition, 2010) – Preliminary geologic map of the Oxley Peak area, Elko County, Nevada

by C.H. Thorman, W.E. Brooks, K.B. Ketner, R.F. Dubiel scale 1:24,000, $16.00 or free on the Web at:http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF03-%204

August 19, 2010

In the News

NBMG Director and State Geologist, Jon Price, receives award from Geological Society of America (Nevada News, July 26) http://www.unr.edu/news/templates/?a=5503 Revised geologic time scale from USGS (July 20, 2010) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3059

August 19, 2010

New at NBMG: OF10-8 – NBMG Mining District File Collection with Index, Search Engine, and Other Nevada Mineral-and Energy-related Files (2nd edition)

compiled by Ronald H. Hess, Martha Henson, David A. Davis, Richard O. Meeuwig, Kristen A. Scott, and Karen Boldi, 2010, on portable hard drive, $150.00 http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF10-8 This report, contained on a portable hard …

July 20, 2010

New at NBMG: Special Publication 27, Living with Earthquakes in Nevada

A Nevadan’s guide to preparing for, surviving, and recovering from an earthquake (3d ed., 2010), by Craig M. dePolo, Lucy K. Jones, Diane M. dePolo, and Susan Tingley $7.00 or free on the Web at http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/sp27.pdf

July 20, 2010

New NBMG Website and Shopping Cart Coming Soon!

View the developing new NBMG website at http://dev.nbmg.unr.edu/ More details on the start date will be coming soon. Please send any comments that you may have about the new website to webmaster@nbmg.unr.edu. We appreciate your feedback!

July 20, 2010

Figures from Geologic Terrane Map of Nevada—Plate 2 Available for Download

Open-File Report 10-4 (previously announced)Paleozoic and Mesozoic tectonic domains by A. Elizabeth Jones Crafford JPEG files for the figures on plate 2 are now available at http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF10-4b