Favorable areas for prospecting adjacent to the Roberts Mountains thrust in southern Lander County, Nevada
Recent geologic mapping by the U.S. Geological Survey of more than 2,500 square miles of a relatively little-studied part of central Nevada has outlined four areas favorable for the discovery of metallic mineral deposits. In these areas, lower Paleozoic carbonate rocks crop out below the Roberts Mountains thrust, a widespread fault in central and north-central Nevada. These areas have a stratigraphic and structural setting similar to that of the areas where large, open-pit gold deposits have been discovered recently at Carlin and Cortez in north-central Nevada.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1968 |
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Title | Favorable areas for prospecting adjacent to the Roberts Mountains thrust in southern Lander County, Nevada |
DOI | 10.3133/cir563 |
Authors | John Harris Stewart, Edwin H. McKee |
Publication Type | Report |
Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
Series Title | Circular |
Series Number | 563 |
Index ID | cir563 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |