Abstract:The part of the Sheldon Contiguous Wilderness Study Area (CA-020-1012) requested for mineral surveys encompasses 780 acres in the high desert of northwestern Nevada. Geological, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral surveys were conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1985 to assess the mineral resources (known) and mineral resource potential (undiscovered) of the study area. There are no identified resources within the study area. There is low potential for undiscovered gas res… Show more
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