Comstock Lode Virginia Range (4 results)

Condition: good. Open File Report 79-960. From the Abstract on the first page; "The virginia Range, immediately southeast of Reno, Nev., consists mainly of flows, breccias, and tuffs of Miocene age. Most of these volcanic rocks are of intermediate composition; rhyodacite is the most common rock type." DU1. stapled binding, pencil notation bottom front cover, tear top two pages.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Comstock Lode was the first major U.S. discovery of silver and gold ore, located under what is now Virginia City, Nevada, on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range. After the discovery was made public in 1859, prospectors rushed to the area and scrambled to stake their claims. Mining camps soon thrived in the vicinity, which became bustling centers of fabulous wealth.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Comstock Lode | Virginia Range, Silver, Virginia City, Nevada, California Gold Rush, Woodbridge, California. | Frederic P. Miller (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | OmniScriptum | EAN 9786133945616 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Virginia Range is a mountain range nearly entirely in Storey County, Nevada, that is a portion of the drainage divide between the Truckee River (north) and the Carson River (south). Truckee Meadows and the Washoe Valley are to the west and the Lahontan Valley is east. Jeffrey Pine is the dominant species as the generally southwest-northeast range has unusual mostly acidic soils (most of Nevada is alkaline with Single-leaf Pinyon Pine and Utah Juniper). …