Minerals of Nevada
By: Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock
Contributors: Ferdock, Gregory C., 1962-
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication (31) in association with the University of Nevada Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
Subjects: Minerals -- Nevada; Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada; Minerals -- Collection and preservation -- Nevada
Notes: 1 folded colored map in pocket

Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-500) and index
Table of contents: title: Part I: The importance of minerals / Stephen B. Castor; title: Geology and minerals in Nevada / Stephen B. Castor; title: The mining and mineralogical history of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Joseph V. Tingley; title: Nevada type localities / Stephen B. Castor; title: Part II: Mineral deposits; title: Carlin-type gold deposits / Gregory C. Ferdock; title: Precious-metal rocks / Stephen B. Castor and Richard W. Thomssen; title: Porphyry and contact metasomatic deposits / Stephen B. Castor; title: Mercury deposits / Stephen B. Castor and Joseph V. Tingley; title: Nevada's industrial minerals / Keith G. Papke and Stephen B. Castor; title: Gemstones of Nevada / Christopher Rose and Gregory C. Ferdock; title: Nevada meteorites / David A. Davis; title: The goodsprings (yellow pine) mining district, Clark County / John C. Kepper; title: Part III: Mineral collecting; title: A personal Nevada collecting history / Forrest Cureton; title: Nevada from a mineral collector's standpoint / Martin C. Jensen; title: Mineral collectibles from Nevada / Scott Kleine; title: Part IV: Mineral catalog; title: Nevada mineral catalog / Gregory C. Ferdock, Stephen B. Castor, Frederick J. Breit, Daphne D. LaPointe, Liang-Chi Hsu, and John H. Schilling