Title: Mineral resources of the Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area, Nye County, Nevada
Abstract: Character and setting 1 Mineral resource potential 3 Introduction 3 Investigations by the U.S. Bureau of Mines 5 Investigations by the U.S. Geological Survey 5 Appraisal of identified resources 5 Mineral-exploration history 5 Appraisal of mineral sites examined 7 Petroleum production history 7 Recommendations 7 Assessment of potential for undiscovered resources 8 Geology 8 Stratigraphy 8 Metamorphism 8 Structure 8 Geochemistry 9 Polymetallic base-metal anomaly 10 Jasperoid alteration 10 Zinc-antimony anomalies 10 Geophysics 10 Data 10 Magnetics 11 Gravity 11 Mineral and energy resources 13 Replacement and vein deposits 13 Disseminated gold deposits 15 Fault-controlled hydrothermal deposits 16 Oil and gas resources 16 Other energy resources 17 Other metal and nonmetal mineral resources 17 References cited 18 Appendix 21 PLATE [Plate is in pocket] 1. Mineral resource potential map of the Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area FIGURES 1. Index map showing the location of the Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area and nearby mining districts and oil fields 2 2. Summary map showing mineral resource potential of the Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area 4 Contents V FIGURES 3. Map showing mining claims and oil and gas leases in and near the Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area 6 4. Residual total-intensity aeromagnetic anomaly map of the Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area and vicinity 12 5