NBMG News

October 11, 2021

UPCOMING TALKS AND MEETINGS

Eleventh Annual Mineral Exploration Summit Tuesday, October 12th 2021, Atlantis Resort Casino, Reno, Nevada Sign up online at https://nvmec.org/2021-ames Partial list of program topics (additional topics pending):...

September 23, 2021

NBMG Earth Science Week Field Trip 2021

A Tale of Three Rivers and the Rapidly Evolving Landscapes of Western Nevada Saturday, October 16, 2021 This year, Earth Science Week is celebrating the...

September 23, 2021

NEW NBMG PUBLICATION

We have completed a comprehensive inventory of the structural settings of known geothermal systems (>200 total; ≥37°C) and late Miocene (~8 Ma) to Quaternary epithermal mineral deposits in the extensional to transtensional region of Nevada.

September 7, 2021

New Face at NBMG—Carolina Munoz-Saez

A message from Dr. Jim Faulds, NBMG Director and State Geologist: “We are very pleased to welcome a very talented new faculty member to NBMG—Dr....

September 7, 2021

UPCOMING TALKS AND MEETINGS

The dates for Nevada Mineral Exploration Coalition’s (NMEC’s) 2021 Great Basin Rendezvous (GBR) are right around the corner – September 10th through 12th! The GBR will be hosted by NMEC at the Royal Peacock Opal Mine in the beautiful Virgin Valley adjacent to the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge south and west of Denio, Nevada.

July 9, 2021

GBSSRL Reopens August 3

We are excited to be reopening soon! Due to office renovations, the GBSSRL will remain closed to the walk-in public until August 3. Starting July 1,...

July 2, 2021

ROCKHOUNDING IN NEVADA – Resources for your next trip

Nevada Magazine editor Megg Mueller recently joined NBMG Geologist Rachel Micander on a rockhounding day trip to Wonderstone Mountain. You can read about their trip in the July Issue of Nevada Magazine.

July 2, 2021

36th Annual Northern Nevada Mineral Education Workshop – Photos and Nevada Appeal Article

NBMG’s Rachel Micander taught Nevada teachers at the NVMA Earth Science Teacher Workshop in Carson City, Nev. A wonderful opportunity to give educators the hands-on...

May 21, 2021

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Join us June 22-23 for the 2021 Northern Nevada Mineral Workshop. We are offering two fun-filled days of rocks, minerals, and mining. This workshop will be our 36th Annual Workshop in Northern Nevada. The workshop is provided FREE to teachers, everything is provided by the Nevada Mining Association members and Nevada Division of Minerals.

May 21, 2021

NEW GEOLOGIC MAP

The Sloan NE 7.5-minute quadrangle is located just south of Las Vegas, NV and includes housing developments in the City of Henderson, as well as a large part of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. The map area straddles the crest of the northern McCullough Range including Black Mountain, the highest peak in the range. This ridgeline is part of the northwestern segment of the drainage divide between the hydrologically closed Eldorado Valley and Las Vegas Valley, which is part of the Colorado River watershed.