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June 10, 2010

Nevada Digital Dirt Mapping Project

Slides from presentation given by Kyle House at the Digital Mapping Techniques Workshop in Sacramento, CA May 16-19, 2010.

June 2, 2010

Why is Nevada Geology so Exciting?

At the recent Geological Society of Nevada 2010 Symposium, NBMG Director and State Geologist, Jonathan Price, presented four main reasons that make geology in Nevada exciting: 1. the rocks and the resources in them,2. the hazards,3. the environmen…

May 14, 2010

New at NBMG: SP35 – A Geologic and Natural History Tour through Nevada and Arizona along U.S. highway 93, with GPS coordinates

by Joseph V. Tingley, Kris A. Pizarro, Christopher Ross, and Philip A. Pearthree, illustrations by Kris Pizarro, publication design by Shelly deLaureal and Jack P. Hursh (2010) The latest in a series of guidebooks published by the Nevada Bureau of…

May 14, 2010

New at NBMG: OF10-4 – Geologic Terrane Map of Nevada (2 plates)

by A. Elizabeth Jones Crafford (2010) Plate 1 is a 1:500,000-scale map illustrating the Paleozoic and Mesozoic geologic history of Nevada as defined by Crafford (2007). Plate 2 is a series of 1:3,000,000-scale time slices illustrating tectonic eve…

May 14, 2010

New at NBMG: M170 – Nevada active mines and energy producers

by Ronald H. Hess and David A. Davis (2010) Data compilation at 1:1,000,000. Available free on the Web at http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=M170 Map 170, 29.25 x 26.25-inch color plate, $5.00 Buy Now! Also… OF10-5 – Nevada active mines…

May 13, 2010

New at NBMG: M169 – Geologic map of the Vicksburg Canyon quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada

by Joseph P. Colgan, Sandra J. Wyld, and James E. Wright (2010) A 1:24,000-scale, color geologic map of the Vicksburg Canyon 7.5’ quadrangle in Humboldt County, Nevada with descriptions of 27 geologic units and two cross sections. Accompanying tex…

March 9, 2010

John Muntean on the History Channel, 7pm Tonight

NBMG geologist, John Muntean, was interviewed for a four-part History Channel special on gold. John’s segment airs tonight at 7, tune in if you can! Link to the show’s website: http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-earth-was-made For more informati…

October 30, 2009

New NBMG products on earthquakes

Nevada statewide HAZUS database update (Open-File Report 09-7) Estimated losses from earthquakes near Nevada communities (Open-File Report 09-8), with summary tables and links to summary reports for scenarios involving earthquakes of magnitued 5.0…

October 28, 2009

Jon Price receives prestigious Ian Campbell Medal

Jon Price, NBMG Director and State Geologist, is the 28th recipient of the Ian Campbell Medal which was awarded at the GSA meeting in Portland this month. Read about this story at: Nevada News (http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.aspx?…

October 28, 2009

National Geographic Channel special “Earthquake Swarm” to air Thursday November 5, 10pm, PST

This special on the Mogul earthquake swarm features Craig dePolo and Bill Hammond of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Glenn Biasi of the Nevada Seismological Lab, and Ian Buckle of the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering/Center for C…

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