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Wilderness Areas Prospecting Mines And Mineral Resources

"In 1985, at the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Bureau of Mines studied a 17,320-acre portion of the 52,143-acre Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness Study Area (CA-020-913/NV-020-008) in order to evaluate its identified mineral resources. The study area is located in Humboldt and Washoe counties, NV, about 42 miles north from Gerlach ... This report describes the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) portion of a cooperative study with the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) ... The USBM examines individual mines, prospects, claims, and mineralized zones, and evaluates identified mineral and energy resources"--Leaf 3.