Nevada Gold, Silver, and Copper Deposits and Their Minerals. From: Rocks & Minerals | Date: November 1, 1999| Author: VON BARGEN, DAVID | COPYRIGHT 1999 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mining has been an important industry in tile economy of Nevada, the Silver State, since territorial times (1861) and was the primary reason people settled in the area and created the state (1864). There are 526 mining districts in the state, 60 of which produce nonmetallic ores (Tingley 1998). Three major mining booms have occurred in Nevada: 1860-1880 (Comstock and other silver deposits), 1900-1920 (Tonopah and Goldfield), and 1980 to the present (Carlin-type deposits of dissemin...

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