Geophysical Studies in the Vicinity of Blue Mountain and Pumpernickel Valley near Winnemucca, North-Central Nevada

By David A. Ponce

Introduction

From May 2008 to September 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected data from more than 660 gravity stations, 100 line-km of truck-towed magnetometer traverses, and 260 physical-property sites in the vicinity of Blue Mountain and Pumpernickel Valley, northern Nevada (fig. 1). Gravity, magnetic, and physical-property data were collected to study regional crustal structures as an aid to understanding the geologic framework of the Blue Mountain and Pumpernickel Valley areas, which in general, have implications for mineral- and geothermal-resource investigations throughout the Great Basin.

First posted October 12, 2012

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Ponce, D.A., 2012, Geophysical studies in the vicinity of Blue Mountain and Pumpernickel Valley near Winnemucca, north-central Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1207, 14 p. (Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1207/.)

Contents

Introduction

Gravity, Magnetic, and Physical-Property Data

Discussion

Acknowledgments

References Cited

Appendix. Gravity Base Stations

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