Tag: Minerals

June 14, 2013

Position Announcement – apply by June 30

The Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering seeks a Part‐Time Administrator (50%) for the W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum located...

March 20, 2013

Major mines of Nevada 2011 – new

P23 – Major mines of Nevada 2011: Mineral industries in Nevada’s economy  by Mike Visher and Alan Coyner 2012 28 pages, $3.00 or free on...

February 13, 2013

Endowment honors Dr. Hsu – Research Mineralogist Emeritus (NBMG)

The following story is from the Development and Alumni Relations Briefs (February 12, 2013) and was forwarded from Char Hagemann. Family of Liang-Chi Hsu create endowment to honor their father’s achievements –The four children of faculty emeritus …

February 8, 2013

Mineral and energy exploration survey – new series for NBMG

Nevada mineral and energy resource exploration survey 2011 by John L. Muntean, Larry J. Garside, and David A. Davis201322 pages, free on the Web or $7.00 for a paper copyThis publication is the first of a new NBMG series that reports data on Nevad…

November 19, 2012

Southern Eureka mining district– new geologic map

Open-File Report 12-6 Preliminary geologic map of the southern Eureka mining district, Eureka and White Pine counties, Nevada by Sean P. Long, Christopher D. Henry, John L. Muntean, Gary P. Edmondo, and Robert D. Thomas 2012 A 1:24,000-scale, colo…

May 2, 2012

New NBMG standard reference materials available

NBMG is announcing the sale of new standard reference materials for three Carlin-type gold ores:NBM-8a is a low-grade oxide ore standard having a recommended gold concentration of 0.049 ounces/ton. NBM-8b is a high-grade oxide ore standard having …

April 25, 2012

The Nevada Mineral Industry 2010

MI-2010–This report, the thirty-second of an annual series, describes mineral, oil and gas, and geothermal activities and accomplishments in Nevada in 2010: production statistics, exploration and development including drilling activity, discoveri…

April 23, 2012

Minerals of Nevada–now in paperback!

Special Publication 31: Minerals of Nevada by Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock, 2004Minerals of Nevada is the first synoptic catalog of Nevada minerals, listing every mineral found in the state along with the places where they occur. But t…

March 7, 2012

GSN membership meeting-March 16, 2012

Reservations Are Required – Please Cancel if You Are Unable to Attend GSN CAN NO LONGER GUARANTEE DINNER SEATING WITHOUT ADVANCE RESERVATIONS. Please call 775-323-3500, Fax 775-323-3599 or e-mail gsn@gsnv.org by NOON on Thursday, March 15, 2012.So…

December 9, 2011

New at NBMG: Map 174: Geologic map of the Caetano caldera, Lander and Eureka counties, Nevada

by Joseph P. Colgan, Christopher D. Henry, and David A. John2011 A 1:75,000-scale, color geologic map of the 34 Ma Caetano caldera, Lander and Eureka counties, Nevada with descriptions of 41 geologic units and one cross section. Accompanying text …