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Maps showing mineral resource potential of the Virgin Mountains Instant Study Area, Clark County, Nevada Maps showing mineral resource potential of the Virgin Mountains Instant Study Area, Clark County, Nevada
The Virgin Mountains Instant Study Area contains about 30,000 acres (12,000 ha) in southeastern Nevada. In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (P.L. 94-579), the U.S. Bureau of Mines examined mines, prospects, and mineralized zones, and the U.S. Geological Survey made regional geologic, geophysical, and geochemical investigations. Tungsten and sheet mica have been...
Maps showing mines, quarries, prospects, and exposures in the Cheat Mountain Roadless Area, Randolph County, West Virginia Maps showing mines, quarries, prospects, and exposures in the Cheat Mountain Roadless Area, Randolph County, West Virginia
The Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and related acts require the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines to survey certain areas on Federal lands to determine their mineral resource potential. Results must be made available to the public and be submitted to the President and the Congress. This report presents the results of a mineral survey of the Cheat...
Maps showing mines, quarries, prospects, and exposures in the Otter Creek Wilderness, Randolph and Tucker counties, West Virginia Maps showing mines, quarries, prospects, and exposures in the Otter Creek Wilderness, Randolph and Tucker counties, West Virginia
The Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and related acts require the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines to survey certain areas on Federal lands to determine their mineral resource potential. The act also directs that results of such surveys be made available to the public and be submitted to the Administration and the Congress. This report presents a...