Strontium Isotopic Composition of Paleozoic Carbonate Rocks in the Nevada Test Site Vicinity, Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California

Data Series 280

Table 4. Locations, stratigraphic unit designations, and descriptions of outcrop samples analyzed for strontium isotopic compositions from the Nevada Test Site vicinity, Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California.

[Map numbers are used to locate sites in figure 1. Stratigraphic units are from geologic maps listed in the text. Stratigraphic unit symbols are defined in table 1. Abbreviations: cm, centimeter; m, meter; UTM, Universal Transverse Mercator]

Map No.	Sample identification No.	Area	Locality	UTM Easting (m)	UTM Northing (m)	Strati-graphic unit	Description
1	HD–1106	Funeral Mountains	Chloride City	510,520	4,061,767	ZYb	Calcitic marble.
2	HD–1111	Funeral Mountains	Chloride City	510,222	4,061,921	ZYc	Coarse-grained, thinly bedded marble.
3	HD–1112	Funeral Mountains	Chloride City	510,222	4,061,921	ZYc	Coarse-grained, thinly bedded marble.
4	HD–1107	Funeral Mountains	Chloride City	510,869	4,060,843	ZYb	Coarse-grained, thinly laminated dolomite with graphite layers.
5	HD–1114	Funeral Mountains	Chloride City	510,271	4,062,537	ZYc	Light grey, fine-grained, saccharoidal marble.
6	HD–1105	Funeral Mountains	East of Chloride City	511,883	4,063,433	Zs-c	Purple grey dolomite; weathers to reddish brown.
7	HD–1151	Bare Mountain	Beatty	521,387	4,081,908	CZw	Buff, thinly banded limestone interbedded with quartzite beds.
8	3C–1	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,950	4,066,327	Cb	Not available.
9	HD–212	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,424	4,067,650	Cb	Dolomite.
10	HD–214	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,424	4,067,650	Cb	Intact dolomite.
11	HD–216	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,424	4,067,650	Cb	Intact dolomite.
12	HD–218	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,424	4,067,650	Cb	Intact dolomite.
13	HD–219	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,424	4,067,650	Cb	Intact dolomite.
14	HD–220	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,424	4,067,650	Cb	Bleached/tan dolomite.
15	HD–221	Bare Mountain	Black Marble Hill	533,424	4,067,650	Cb	Intact dolomite.
16	HD–1154	Bare Mountain	Carrara Canyon	528,539	4,074,996	CZw-u	Chocolate-brown, well-bedded limestone.
17	HD–1155	Bare Mountain	Carrara Canyon	528,613	4,075,089	CZw	Chocolate-brown, well-bedded limestone.
18	HD–538	Bare Mountain	Carrara Canyon	529,207	4,075,399	Cb-p	Very light grey, fine-to-medium grained calcitic marble.
19	HD–539	Bare Mountain	Carrara Canyon	529,330	4,075,615	Cb-p	Medium-to-dark grey fine-grained mottled dolomite with laminated texture and intervals containing partings of light brown silty dolomite.
20	HD–540	Bare Mountain	Carrara Canyon	529,157	4,075,584	Cb-p	Mottled dark and light grey, fine-grained dolomite.
21	HD–541	Bare Mountain	Carrara Canyon	528,539	4,074,996	CZw-u	Light brown, medium grained calcitic marble with minor grains of quartz sand.
22	HD–513	Bare Mountain	Chuckwalla Canyon	531,820	4,078,706	Oes	Medium grey, recrystallized dolomite with laminae of secondary chert.
23	HD–515	Bare Mountain	Chuckwalla Canyon	531,845	4,078,860	Oes	Medium light grey, fine-grained recrystallized dolomite.
24	HD–516A	Bare Mountain	Chuckwalla Canyon	531,844	4,078,891	Sr	Medium dark grey, laminated, recrystallized dolomite.
25	HD–517	Bare Mountain	Chuckwalla Canyon	531,795	4,078,983	Sr	Medium grey, laminated, fine-grained recrystallized limestone.
26	HD–518	Bare Mountain	Chuckwalla Canyon	531,794	4,079,106	Sr	Medium grey, fine-grained, crystallized dolomite with sparse lenses of chert and calcified macrofossils.
27	HD–519	Bare Mountain	Chuckwalla Canyon	531,769	4,079,137	DSlm	Very light grey, fine-grained recrystallized dolomite.
28	HD–520	Bare Mountain	Chuckwalla Canyon	531,944	4,078,644	DSlm	Light grey, fine-grained dolomite with white dolomitic mottling and crinoid debris.
29	HD–533	Bare Mountain	Diamond Queen Mine	532,270	4,077,721	Op-av	Mottled light-to-medium grey, fine-grained limestone with massive texture and veins of pinkish grey carbonate.
30	HD–534	Bare Mountain	Diamond Queen Mine	532,271	4,077,536	Op-g	Medium light grey thin-bedded limestone with irregular light-brown silty partings.
31	HD–535	Bare Mountain	Diamond Queen Mine	532,372	4,076,951	Cn-s	Medium light grey, fine-to-medium grained recrystallized dolomite with massive texture.
32	HD–1415	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	523,463	4,083,239	Cb-p	Unaltered carbonate.
33	HD–1416	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	523,488	4,083,177	Cb-p	Unaltered carbonate.
34	HD–1417	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	522,993	4,083,084	CZw-l	Lower member, Unit D.
35	HD–1418	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	522,919	4,083,114	CZw-l	Lower member, Unit D.
36	HD–1419	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	522,968	4,083,145	Cb-p	Unaltered carbonate.
37	HD–1420	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	522,893	4,083,237	Cb-p	Unaltered carbonate.
38	HD–1421	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	522,745	4,083,114	CZw-l	Lower member, Unit D; Sandy brown limey quartzite.
39	HD–527	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	528,094	4,082,390	Df	Light grey, fine-grained recrystallized dolomite. Brecciated with local cementation of thin silica veinlets.
40	HD–528	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	527,798	4,081,927	Df	Light-to-dark grey, fine-grained dolomite laced with boxwork of white dolomite veinlets.
41	HD–529	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	526,562	4,081,492	Cb-b	Very light grey, fine- to medium-grained calcitic marble.
42	HD–530	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	526,562	4,081,584	Cb-b	Medium light grey, fine-grained dolomitic marble.
43	HD–531	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	526,636	4,081,677	Cn-h	Medium-to-dark grey, fine-grained calcitic marble with thin layers of dolomitic marble and olive-grey chert.
44	HD–542	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	523,018	4,082,868	CZw-l	Pale orange, fine-grained dolomitic marble.
45	HD–543	Bare Mountain	Fluorspar Canyon	523,883	4,083,271	Cb-p	Light grey, fine-grained dolomitic marble.
46	HD–1152b	Bare Mountain	Gold Ace Mine	526,504	4,076,346	Zs-d	Altered limestone with solution boxworks.
47	HD–1153	Bare Mountain	Gold Ace Mine	526,653	4,076,161	Zs-d	Buff (weathered) to grey (fresh) siliceous limestone.
48	HD–1142	Bare Mountain	Secret Pass	529,582	4,081,471	Op-g	Grey, thinly bedded limestone.
49	HD–1144	Bare Mountain	Secret Pass	529,359	4,081,439	Df	Medium grey, fairly massive, highly fractured limestone.
50	HD–1400	Bare Mountain	Sterling Mine	532,006	4,075,440	Cb-b	Unaltered carbonate.
51	HD–1401	Bare Mountain	Sterling Mine	532,006	4,075,440	Cb-b	Unaltered carbonate.
52	HD–1402	Bare Mountain	Sterling Mine	532,006	4,075,440	Cb-b	Unaltered carbonate.
53	HD–641	Bare Mountain	Sterling Mine	532,057	4,075,132	Cb-b	Country rock adjacent to “red ore”.
54	HD–537	Bare Mountain	Steves Pass	533,101	4,067,802	Zs-d	Light brown, fine-to-medium grained recyrstallized dolomite.
55	HD–1146	Bare Mountain	Tarantula Canyon	531,147	4,080,121	MDe	Thin-bedded limestone consisting of rusty brown layers that are more resistant to weathering than medium grey limestone.
56	HD–1147a	Bare Mountain	Tarantula Canyon	532,039	4,079,908	Dtc	Massive medium grey limestone with reddened zones, especially along fractures and bedding planes.
57	HD–1147b	Bare Mountain	Tarantula Canyon	532,039	4,079,908	Dtc	Massive medium grey limestone with reddened zones, especially along fractures and bedding planes.
58	HD–522	Bare Mountain	Tarantula Canyon	532,806	4,080,034	Dtc	Very light-grey, fine-grained dolomite.
59	HD–523	Bare Mountain	Tarantula Canyon	532,681	4,080,188	Dtc	Medium-to-dark grey, fine-grained limestone with sparse chert nodules and minor calcite veins.
60	HD–526	Bare Mountain	Tarantula Canyon	530,106	4,080,425	Cc-m	Medium grey, fine-grained limestone mottled with light-olive-grey silty dolomite and cut by thin crystalline calcite veins.
61	HD–1138	Bare Mountain	Telluride Mine	531,008	4,084,064	Op-av	Medium grey, thinly bedded limestone with numerous secondary calcite vieins.
62	HD–1139	Bare Mountain	Telluride Mine	530,935	4,083,971	DSlm	Massive to brecciated dolomite and limestone.
63	HD–1141	Bare Mountain	Telluride Mine	531,234	4,083,387	Op-av	Thinly bedded limestone with 2- to 6-cm-thick layers of alternating medium grey and greyish tan beds.
64	HD–1150b	Bare Mountain	Tungsten Canyon	530,850	4,073,217	CZw	Orange-weathering carbonate.
65	HD–546	Striped Hills	Outlier on west side	556,896	4,057,913	Dn	Light-to-medium grey, fine-grained massive dolomite with mottling and brecciation. Light red ion oxide coatings on fracture surfaces.
66	HD–548	Striped Hills	West side	559,200	4,058,576	Op-av	Medium- to dark-grey, rusty-weathering, silty limestone.
67	HD–549	Striped Hills	West side	559,152	4,058,390	Op-g	Medium- to dark-grey limestone containing thin rusty-weathered lenses and fractures.
68	HD–550	Striped Hills	West side	559,177	4,058,298	Op-g	Medium- to dark-grey, very fine-grained limestone containing tan to pinkish grey silty laminae.
69	HD–551A	Striped Hills	West side	558,739	4,057,093	Op-g	Medium-grey, medium-grained dolomite with red staining on microfractures.
70	HD–553	Striped Hills	West side	558,959	4,057,557	Cn-h	Medium- to dark-grey, very fine-grained limestone containing fractures with red-stained coatings on fractures.
71	HD–554	Striped Hills	West side	558,835	4,057,464	Cb-b	Light- and dark-grey, medium grained limestone with reddish iron oxide coatings on fracture surfaces.
72	HD–555	Striped Hills	West side	558,168	4,057,028	Cb-b	Medium-to-dark grey, very fine-grained limestone containing fractures with red-stained coatings on fractures.
73	HD–556	Striped Hills	West side	558,145	4,056,781	Cb-b	Light-to-medium grey, fine- to medium-grained limestone with thin fractures of secondary calcite.
74	HD–557	Striped Hills	West side	558,099	4,056,288	Cb-p	Light-to-medium grey, medium-grained limestone with mottling and buff to light grey coatings on fracture surfaces.
75	HD–558	Striped Hills	West side	558,025	4,056,164	Cb-p	Mottled medium grey, fine-grained laminated limestone with patches of reddish iron oxide and white crystalline calcite.
76	HD–1422–1	Specter Range	Rock Valley Wash	562,215	4,053,605	Cb-b	Altered carbonate.
77	HD–1422–2	Specter Range	Rock Valley Wash	562,215	4,053,605	Cb-b	Altered carbonate.
78	HD–1423	Specter Range	Rock Valley Wash	562,191	4,053,512	Cb-b	Unaltered carbonate.
79	HD–1426	Specter Range	Central	569,490	4,053,907	CZw	Rusty-weathering dolomitic quartzite.
80	HD–1427	Specter Range	Central	571,247	4,057,681	Cb-b	Upper Bonanza King Formation with possible mineralization and thin rusty-colored veins throughout.
81	HD–1428	Specter Range	Central	570,884	4,056,569	Cb-b	Light grey massive carbonate.
82	HD–1429	Specter Range	Central	569,881	4,054,743	Cb-p	Lower Bonanza King carbonate.
83	HD–1432	Specter Range	Central	570,824	4,048,741	DSu	Medium grey, porous carbonate.
84	HD–1434	Specter Range	Point of Rocks Area	579,083	4,050,601	Dsv	Brecciated carbonate.
85	HD–1435	Specter Range	Point of Rocks Area	580,589	4,049,012	Cb	Massive white marble.
86	HD–1436	Specter Range	Point of Rocks Area	582,172	4,047,178	Cb-b	Unaltered carbonate.
87	HD–110–1	Devils Hole Hills	Above Devils Hole	563,572	4,031,182	Cb-b	Dark grey limestone.
88	HD–471B	Devils Hole Hills	Above Devils Hole	563,448	4,031,120	Cb-b	Unaltered carbonate.
89	GDR–8	Spring Mountains	Cold Creek Spring	613,012	4,027,188	Cu	Unaltered carbonate.
90	HD–229	Spring Mountains	Lower Lee Canyon	634,380	4,031,346	PMbl	Well bedded limestone with alternating medium grey and more weather-resistant medium tan layers.
91	HD–230	Spring Mountains	Lower Lee Canyon	628,327	4,029,589	PMbl	Thick-bedded-to-massive tan limestone.
92	HD–231	Spring Mountains	Lower Lee Canyon	627,318	4,028,773	Mm	Medium grey, massive limestone.
93	HD–232	Spring Mountains	Upper Lee Canyon	620,905	4,022,271	Cb-b	Highly fractured, medium grey limestone with some silty layers.
94	HD–233	Spring Mountains	Upper Lee Canyon	619,928	4,020,839	Cb-b	White -to-light buff, coarse-grained limestone.
95	HD–235	Spring Mountains	Upper Lee Canyon	618,762	4,018,574	Cn	White-to-light buff, coarse-grained, thinly laminated limestone.
96	HD–236	Spring Mountains	Upper Lee Canyon	622,300	4,022,414	Op	Medium grey, poorly bedded limestone with high degree of fracturing.
97	HD–238	Spring Mountains	Kyle Canyon	637,123	4,015,392	PMb	Light grey, thick bedded-to-massive limestone that weathers to light buff.
98	HD–1000	Sheep Range	Black Hills	649,365	4,049,285	Dg	Light-grey, thickly bedded limestone with tension-gash veins common.
99	HD–999	Sheep Range	Black Hills	646,898	4,048,163	Cn-s	Black, fine-grained laminated dolomite.
100	HD–995	Pintwater Range	Southern end	625,873	4,049,217	Oes	Dark-black, fine-grained dolomite with local cherty layers.
101	HD–996	Pintwater Range	Southern end	626,955	4,051,698	Op-av	Dolomitized limestone with layers of nodular chert.
102	HD–997	Pintwater Range	Southern end	628,655	4,054,344	Oes	Black, fine-grained laminated dolomite, locally brecciated.
103	HD–998	Pintwater Range	Southern end	627,652	4,054,945	Op-av	Medium grey limestone with abundant bioturbation and macrofossils.
104	HD–1001	Pintwater Range	Northeast side	631,216	4,089,675	Op-av	Brownish, locally dolomitized limestone
105	HD–1006	Pintwater Range	Northwest side	621,872	4,094,313	Op-av	Grey limestone.
106	HD–990	Indian Springs Valley	Nellis Air Force Base	619,875	4,051,504	Op-av	Dark grey limestone.
107	HD–1002	Indian Springs Valley	Central	623,337	4,069,985	Oes	Medium grey to tan, coarsely saccharoidal dolomite.
108	HD–991	Indian Springs Valley	West side	614,367	4,054,604	Oes	Black, fine-grained dolomite.
109	HD–993	Spotted Range	Eastern side	610,588	4,058,715	Dsi	Grey, medium-grained dolomite.
110	HD–994	Spotted Range	Central	607,444	4,061,911	Mj	Black, coarse-grained limestone with abundant crinoid debris.
111	HD–1004	Spotted Range	Northeast side	618,367	4,070,685	Op-av	Grey limestone with local silty laminations.
112	HD–1003	Spotted Range	Northeast side	620,405	4,075,645	Dg	Dark grey, fine-grained, massive limestone.
113	HD–1007	Yucca Flat	North end Eleana Range	574,337	4,115,797	Op-g	Medium grey, fossiliferous, thin-bedded limestone.
114	HD–1008	Yucca Flat	North end Eleana Range	572,367	4,115,472	Dsv	Dark grey, medium-grained, thick-bedded dolomite.

Map No.

Sample identification No.

Area

Locality

UTM Easting (m)

UTM Northing (m)

Strati-graphic unit

Description

HD–1106

Funeral Mountains

Chloride City

510,520

4,061,767

ZYb

Calcitic marble.

HD–1111

Funeral Mountains

Chloride City

510,222

4,061,921

ZYc

Coarse-grained, thinly bedded marble.

HD–1112

Funeral Mountains

Chloride City

510,222

4,061,921

ZYc

Coarse-grained, thinly bedded marble.

HD–1107

Funeral Mountains

Chloride City

510,869

4,060,843

ZYb

Coarse-grained, thinly laminated dolomite with graphite layers.

HD–1114

Funeral Mountains

Chloride City

510,271

4,062,537

ZYc

Light grey, fine-grained, saccharoidal marble.

HD–1105

Funeral Mountains

East of Chloride City

511,883

4,063,433

Zs-c

Purple grey dolomite; weathers to reddish brown.

HD–1151

Bare Mountain

Beatty

521,387

4,081,908

CZw

Buff, thinly banded limestone interbedded with quartzite beds.

3C–1

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,950

4,066,327

Not available.

HD–212

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,424

4,067,650

Dolomite.

HD–214

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,424

4,067,650

Intact dolomite.

HD–216

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,424

4,067,650

Intact dolomite.

HD–218

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,424

4,067,650

Intact dolomite.

HD–219

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,424

4,067,650

Intact dolomite.

HD–220

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,424

4,067,650

Bleached/tan dolomite.

HD–221

Bare Mountain

Black Marble Hill

533,424

4,067,650

Intact dolomite.

HD–1154

Bare Mountain

Carrara Canyon

528,539

4,074,996

CZw-u

Chocolate-brown, well-bedded limestone.

HD–1155

Bare Mountain

Carrara Canyon

528,613

4,075,089

CZw

Chocolate-brown, well-bedded limestone.

HD–538

Bare Mountain

Carrara Canyon

529,207

4,075,399

Cb-p

Very light grey, fine-to-medium grained calcitic marble.

HD–539

Bare Mountain

Carrara Canyon

529,330

4,075,615

Cb-p

Medium-to-dark grey fine-grained mottled dolomite with laminated texture and intervals containing partings of light brown silty dolomite.

HD–540

Bare Mountain

Carrara Canyon

529,157

4,075,584

Cb-p

Mottled dark and light grey, fine-grained dolomite.

HD–541

Bare Mountain

Carrara Canyon

528,539

4,074,996

CZw-u

Light brown, medium grained calcitic marble with minor grains of quartz sand.

HD–513

Bare Mountain

Chuckwalla Canyon

531,820

4,078,706

Oes

Medium grey, recrystallized dolomite with laminae of secondary chert.

HD–515

Bare Mountain

Chuckwalla Canyon

531,845

4,078,860

Oes

Medium light grey, fine-grained recrystallized dolomite.

HD–516A

Bare Mountain

Chuckwalla Canyon

531,844

4,078,891

Medium dark grey, laminated, recrystallized dolomite.

HD–517

Bare Mountain

Chuckwalla Canyon

531,795

4,078,983

Medium grey, laminated, fine-grained recrystallized limestone.

HD–518

Bare Mountain

Chuckwalla Canyon

531,794

4,079,106

Medium grey, fine-grained, crystallized dolomite with sparse lenses of chert and calcified macrofossils.

HD–519

Bare Mountain

Chuckwalla Canyon

531,769

4,079,137

DSlm

Very light grey, fine-grained recrystallized dolomite.

HD–520

Bare Mountain

Chuckwalla Canyon

531,944

4,078,644

DSlm

Light grey, fine-grained dolomite with white dolomitic mottling and crinoid debris.

HD–533

Bare Mountain

Diamond Queen Mine

532,270

4,077,721

Op-av

Mottled light-to-medium grey, fine-grained limestone with massive texture and veins of pinkish grey carbonate.

HD–534

Bare Mountain

Diamond Queen Mine

532,271

4,077,536

Op-g

Medium light grey thin-bedded limestone with irregular light-brown silty partings.

HD–535

Bare Mountain

Diamond Queen Mine

532,372

4,076,951

Cn-s

Medium light grey, fine-to-medium grained recrystallized dolomite with massive texture.

HD–1415

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

523,463

4,083,239

Cb-p

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–1416

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

523,488

4,083,177

Cb-p

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–1417

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

522,993

4,083,084

CZw-l

Lower member, Unit D.

HD–1418

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

522,919

4,083,114

CZw-l

Lower member, Unit D.

HD–1419

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

522,968

4,083,145

Cb-p

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–1420

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

522,893

4,083,237

Cb-p

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–1421

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

522,745

4,083,114

CZw-l

Lower member, Unit D; Sandy brown limey quartzite.

HD–527

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

528,094

4,082,390

Light grey, fine-grained recrystallized dolomite. Brecciated with local cementation of thin silica veinlets.

HD–528

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

527,798

4,081,927

Light-to-dark grey, fine-grained dolomite laced with boxwork of white dolomite veinlets.

HD–529

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

526,562

4,081,492

Cb-b

Very light grey, fine- to medium-grained calcitic marble.

HD–530

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

526,562

4,081,584

Cb-b

Medium light grey, fine-grained dolomitic marble.

HD–531

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

526,636

4,081,677

Cn-h

Medium-to-dark grey, fine-grained calcitic marble with thin layers of dolomitic marble and olive-grey chert.

HD–542

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

523,018

4,082,868

CZw-l

Pale orange, fine-grained dolomitic marble.

HD–543

Bare Mountain

Fluorspar Canyon

523,883

4,083,271

Cb-p

Light grey, fine-grained dolomitic marble.

HD–1152b

Bare Mountain

Gold Ace Mine

526,504

4,076,346

Zs-d

Altered limestone with solution boxworks.

HD–1153

Bare Mountain

Gold Ace Mine

526,653

4,076,161

Zs-d

Buff (weathered) to grey (fresh) siliceous limestone.

HD–1142

Bare Mountain

Secret Pass

529,582

4,081,471

Op-g

Grey, thinly bedded limestone.

HD–1144

Bare Mountain

Secret Pass

529,359

4,081,439

Medium grey, fairly massive, highly fractured limestone.

HD–1400

Bare Mountain

Sterling Mine

532,006

4,075,440

Cb-b

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–1401

Bare Mountain

Sterling Mine

532,006

4,075,440

Cb-b

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–1402

Bare Mountain

Sterling Mine

532,006

4,075,440

Cb-b

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–641

Bare Mountain

Sterling Mine

532,057

4,075,132

Cb-b

Country rock adjacent to “red ore”.

HD–537

Bare Mountain

Steves Pass

533,101

4,067,802

Zs-d

Light brown, fine-to-medium grained recyrstallized dolomite.

HD–1146

Bare Mountain

Tarantula Canyon

531,147

4,080,121

MDe

Thin-bedded limestone consisting of rusty brown layers that are more resistant to weathering than medium grey limestone.

HD–1147a

Bare Mountain

Tarantula Canyon

532,039

4,079,908

Dtc

Massive medium grey limestone with reddened zones, especially along fractures and bedding planes.

HD–1147b

Bare Mountain

Tarantula Canyon

532,039

4,079,908

Dtc

Massive medium grey limestone with reddened zones, especially along fractures and bedding planes.

HD–522

Bare Mountain

Tarantula Canyon

532,806

4,080,034

Dtc

Very light-grey, fine-grained dolomite.

HD–523

Bare Mountain

Tarantula Canyon

532,681

4,080,188

Dtc

Medium-to-dark grey, fine-grained limestone with sparse chert nodules and minor calcite veins.

HD–526

Bare Mountain

Tarantula Canyon

530,106

4,080,425

Cc-m

Medium grey, fine-grained limestone mottled with light-olive-grey silty dolomite and cut by thin crystalline calcite veins.

HD–1138

Bare Mountain

Telluride Mine

531,008

4,084,064

Op-av

Medium grey, thinly bedded limestone with numerous secondary calcite vieins.

HD–1139

Bare Mountain

Telluride Mine

530,935

4,083,971

DSlm

Massive to brecciated dolomite and limestone.

HD–1141

Bare Mountain

Telluride Mine

531,234

4,083,387

Op-av

Thinly bedded limestone with 2- to 6-cm-thick layers of alternating medium grey and greyish tan beds.

HD–1150b

Bare Mountain

Tungsten Canyon

530,850

4,073,217

CZw

Orange-weathering carbonate.

HD–546

Striped Hills

Outlier on west side

556,896

4,057,913

Light-to-medium grey, fine-grained massive dolomite with mottling and brecciation. Light red ion oxide coatings on fracture surfaces.

HD–548

Striped Hills

West side

559,200

4,058,576

Op-av

Medium- to dark-grey, rusty-weathering, silty limestone.

HD–549

Striped Hills

West side

559,152

4,058,390

Op-g

Medium- to dark-grey limestone containing thin rusty-weathered lenses and fractures.

HD–550

Striped Hills

West side

559,177

4,058,298

Op-g

Medium- to dark-grey, very fine-grained limestone containing tan to pinkish grey silty laminae.

HD–551A

Striped Hills

West side

558,739

4,057,093

Op-g

Medium-grey, medium-grained dolomite with red staining on microfractures.

HD–553

Striped Hills

West side

558,959

4,057,557

Cn-h

Medium- to dark-grey, very fine-grained limestone containing fractures with red-stained coatings on fractures.

HD–554

Striped Hills

West side

558,835

4,057,464

Cb-b

Light- and dark-grey, medium grained limestone with reddish iron oxide coatings on fracture surfaces.

HD–555

Striped Hills

West side

558,168

4,057,028

Cb-b

Medium-to-dark grey, very fine-grained limestone containing fractures with red-stained coatings on fractures.

HD–556

Striped Hills

West side

558,145

4,056,781

Cb-b

Light-to-medium grey, fine- to medium-grained limestone with thin fractures of secondary calcite.

HD–557

Striped Hills

West side

558,099

4,056,288

Cb-p

Light-to-medium grey, medium-grained limestone with mottling and buff to light grey coatings on fracture surfaces.

HD–558

Striped Hills

West side

558,025

4,056,164

Cb-p

Mottled medium grey, fine-grained laminated limestone with patches of reddish iron oxide and white crystalline calcite.

HD–1422–1

Specter Range

Rock Valley Wash

562,215

4,053,605

Cb-b

Altered carbonate.

HD–1422–2

Specter Range

Rock Valley Wash

562,215

4,053,605

Cb-b

Altered carbonate.

HD–1423

Specter Range

Rock Valley Wash

562,191

4,053,512

Cb-b

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–1426

Specter Range

Central

569,490

4,053,907

CZw

Rusty-weathering dolomitic quartzite.

HD–1427

Specter Range

Central

571,247

4,057,681

Cb-b

Upper Bonanza King Formation with possible mineralization and thin rusty-colored veins throughout.

HD–1428

Specter Range

Central

570,884

4,056,569

Cb-b

Light grey massive carbonate.

HD–1429

Specter Range

Central

569,881

4,054,743

Cb-p

Lower Bonanza King carbonate.

HD–1432

Specter Range

Central

570,824

4,048,741

DSu

Medium grey, porous carbonate.

HD–1434

Specter Range

Point of Rocks Area

579,083

4,050,601

Dsv

Brecciated carbonate.

HD–1435

Specter Range

Point of Rocks Area

580,589

4,049,012

Massive white marble.

HD–1436

Specter Range

Point of Rocks Area

582,172

4,047,178

Cb-b

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–110–1

Devils Hole Hills

Above Devils Hole

563,572

4,031,182

Cb-b

Dark grey limestone.

HD–471B

Devils Hole Hills

Above Devils Hole

563,448

4,031,120

Cb-b

Unaltered carbonate.

GDR–8

Spring Mountains

Cold Creek Spring

613,012

4,027,188

Unaltered carbonate.

HD–229

Spring Mountains

Lower Lee Canyon

634,380

4,031,346

PMbl

Well bedded limestone with alternating medium grey and more weather-resistant medium tan layers.

HD–230

Spring Mountains

Lower Lee Canyon

628,327

4,029,589

PMbl

Thick-bedded-to-massive tan limestone.

HD–231

Spring Mountains

Lower Lee Canyon

627,318

4,028,773

Medium grey, massive limestone.

HD–232

Spring Mountains

Upper Lee Canyon

620,905

4,022,271

Cb-b

Highly fractured, medium grey limestone with some silty layers.

HD–233

Spring Mountains

Upper Lee Canyon

619,928

4,020,839

Cb-b

White -to-light buff, coarse-grained limestone.

HD–235

Spring Mountains

Upper Lee Canyon

618,762

4,018,574

White-to-light buff, coarse-grained, thinly laminated limestone.

HD–236

Spring Mountains

Upper Lee Canyon

622,300

4,022,414

Medium grey, poorly bedded limestone with high degree of fracturing.

HD–238

Spring Mountains

Kyle Canyon

637,123

4,015,392

PMb

Light grey, thick bedded-to-massive limestone that weathers to light buff.

HD–1000

Sheep Range

Black Hills

649,365

4,049,285

Light-grey, thickly bedded limestone with tension-gash veins common.

HD–999

Sheep Range

Black Hills

646,898

4,048,163

Cn-s

Black, fine-grained laminated dolomite.

100

HD–995

Pintwater Range

Southern end

625,873

4,049,217

Oes

Dark-black, fine-grained dolomite with local cherty layers.

101

HD–996

Pintwater Range

Southern end

626,955

4,051,698

Op-av

Dolomitized limestone with layers of nodular chert.

102

HD–997

Pintwater Range

Southern end

628,655

4,054,344

Oes

Black, fine-grained laminated dolomite, locally brecciated.

103

HD–998

Pintwater Range

Southern end

627,652

4,054,945

Op-av

Medium grey limestone with abundant bioturbation and macrofossils.

104

HD–1001

Pintwater Range

Northeast side

631,216

4,089,675

Op-av

Brownish, locally dolomitized limestone

105

HD–1006

Pintwater Range

Northwest side

621,872

4,094,313

Op-av

Grey limestone.

106

HD–990

Indian Springs Valley

Nellis Air Force Base

619,875

4,051,504

Op-av

Dark grey limestone.

107

HD–1002

Indian Springs Valley

Central

623,337

4,069,985

Oes

Medium grey to tan, coarsely saccharoidal dolomite.

108

HD–991

Indian Springs Valley

West side

614,367

4,054,604

Oes

Black, fine-grained dolomite.

109

HD–993

Spotted Range

Eastern side

610,588

4,058,715

Dsi

Grey, medium-grained dolomite.

110

HD–994

Spotted Range

Central

607,444

4,061,911

Black, coarse-grained limestone with abundant crinoid debris.

111

HD–1004

Spotted Range

Northeast side

618,367

4,070,685

Op-av

Grey limestone with local silty laminations.

112

HD–1003

Spotted Range

Northeast side

620,405

4,075,645

Dark grey, fine-grained, massive limestone.

113

HD–1007

Yucca Flat

North end Eleana Range

574,337

4,115,797

Op-g

Medium grey, fossiliferous, thin-bedded limestone.

114

HD–1008

Yucca Flat

North end Eleana Range

572,367

4,115,472

Dsv

Dark grey, medium-grained, thick-bedded dolomite.

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