Stonewall District
Overview
Other Names: Stonewall Mountain, Ralston
County: Nye
Discovered: 1904
Commodities: silver, gold
Comments
Originally known as Stonewall Mountain, the district is located on north side of Stonewall Mountain. Locally, the area is sometimes referred to as Ralston, for the nearby railroad siding of the same name.
References
Ball, 1907, p. 83; Hill, 1912, p. 224; Lincoln, 1923, p. 183; Stoddard, 1932, p. 71; Kral, 1951, p. 165; Cornwall, 1972, p. 40
Sulphide District
Overview
Other Names: Oro
County: Mineral
Discovered: 1914
Active: 1914-15
Commodities: gold, tungsten
Comments
Located in T6N, of Hawthorne and 3.5 miles east of Whisky Spring. The Sulphide district adjoins the Whisky Flat district on the north.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 155; Stoddard, 1932, p. 62; Lotz, 1934, p. 21
Sulphur District
Overview
Other Names: Rabbit Hole
County: Humboldt
Discovered: 1875
Commodities: gold, silver, mercury, sulfur
Comments
Located 2 miles southeast of the townsite of Sulphur, in the northwestern part of the Kamma Mountains.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 103; Stoddard, 1932, p. 47; Vanderburg, 1938a, p. 44; Willden, 1964, tables 16, 17
Sunset District
Overview
Other Names: Lyons, Murphy, Lucy Gray
County: Clark
Active: 1893
Commodities: gold, lead, silver, copper, uranium
Comments
The Sunset district is located at the southern end of the Lucy Grey Range, about 15 miles southeast of Jean, Nevada, and a short distance east of Lyons, California. Averett (1962) described a Murphy district, located 8 miles northwest of Crescent, as possibly the Sunset district.
References
Hill, 1912, p. 202; Lincoln, 1923, p. 27; Stoddard, 1932, p. 26; Vanderburg, 1937b, p. 80; Gianella, 1945, p. 31; Averett, 1962, p. 73, 92; Longwell and others, 1965, p. 142; Garside, 1973, p. 38
