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Preliminary Geologic Map of the Tippipah Spring NW Quadrangle, Nye County Nevada (open access)

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Tippipah Spring NW Quadrangle, Nye County Nevada

This is a preliminary geologic map of a section of the Nevada Test Site.
Date: 1960
Creator: Gibbons, Anthony B.; Hinrichs, E. Neal; Hansen, Wallace R. & Lemke, Richard W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Reconnaissance of the Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain Quandrangles, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Reconnaissance of the Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain Quandrangles, Nye County, Nevada

The Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain 15-minute quadrangles comprising about 500 square miles in southern Nye County, Nev., are bounded by longitudes 116°15' W. and 116°30' W. and by latitudes 36°45' N. and 37°15' N. (fig. 1) The quadrangles are mostly within the Nevada Test Site and are approximately 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas (fig. 1). Lathrop Wells, the nearest town, is about 10 miles south of the southern boundary of the Topopah Spring quadrangle.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Orkild, Paul P. & Pomeroy, John S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12e Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Report on Geologic Investigations of the U12e Tunnel System, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From introduction: The maps and tables comprising this report are being transmitted at this time to provide interested users with a summary of the geology of the Ul2e tunnel system. The system was constructed to provide access to underground test sites. This report contains part of the geologic information obtained from investigations conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey to determine the geologic environment of the underground test sites. Results of geophysical and radiometric surveys, and physical properties are being studied. This work was done on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: September 1960
Creator: McKeown, F. A. & Dickey, D. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library