Ferguson Spring District
Overview
Other Names: Allegheny, Alleghany
County: Elko
Discovered: 1914
Commodities: copper, silver, lead, zinc
Comments
The Ferguson Spring district covers Ferguson Mountain, an isolated peak east of the Goshute Mountains, and part of Ferguson Flat, south of the peak. The original district name was Allegheny.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 45; Stoddard, 1932, p. 31; Gianella, 1945, p. 41; Granger and others, 1957, p. 63; Smith, 1976, p. 67; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 97
Fish Creek District
Overview
Other Names: Keystone, Gibellini
County: Eureka
Discovered: 1871
Organized: 1871
Commodities: gold, silver, lead, zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, fluorspar, barite
Comments
Located about 18 miles south of Spring Valley in the southern Mahogany Hills and west-facing slope of the northern Fish Creek Range. Referred to by Lotz (1934) as the Keystone district. The district sometimes includes the Gibellini Mine area in the southern Fish Creek Range in southern Eureka and northern Nye Counties; Gibellini is considered to be a separate district.
References
Whitehill, 1873, p. 79; Angel, 1881, p. 435; Lotz, 1934, p. 19; Vanderburg, 1938b, 48; Roberts and others, 1967, p. 85; Jones, 1984; Papke, 1984, table 3; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 72
Fish Lake Valley District
Overview
Other Names: White Mountain, White Mountains, Cottonwood
County: Esmeralda
Discovered: 1916
Commodities: mercury, antimony
Comments
The district covers the eastern slope of the northern White Mountains extending from Sugarloaf Peak south to the vicinity of Chiatovich Creek, and extends east to include northern Fish Lake Valley and a portion of the southern Volcanic Hills. The map of 1866 includes the Fish Lake Valley district in a larger White Mountain district. The northwestern area near Sugarloaf Peak is sometimes included in the adjacent Buena Vista district.
The historic Cottonwood district covered this district as well as the Fish Lake Marsh district and part of the Red Mountain district to the east. According to the Territorial Enterprise (1866), the north half of the Cottonwood district was overlapped by the Independence district, and Cottonwood was on the west slope of Red Mountain. Stretch (1867) said the Cottonwood district boundaries began 1.5 miles north of Fish Lake Valley and extended west to the summit of the White Mountains.
References
General Land Office, 1866; Territorial Enterprise, July 4, 1866, 1:3; Stretch, 1867, p. 41, 44; Bailey and Phoenix, 1944, p. 66; Gianella, 1945, p. 53; Lawrence, 1963, p. 64, Albers and Stewart, 1972, p. 66
Fitting District
Overview
Other Names: Acme, Kincaid, Kinkaid, Ryan Canyon, Gillis and Gabbs Valley Ranges
County: Mineral
Commodities: silver, gold, lead, copper, tungsten, iron, uranium, thorium and rare earths, barite, montmorillonite clay, andalusite, corundum
Comments
The Fitting district covers the southeastern Gillis Range and a small portion of the Gabbs Valley Range. It is about 6 miles from Thorne siding, north of Acme and Kinkaid sidings, and extends northwest to include the Ryan Canyon area. Fitting is included within the larger Gillis and Gabbs Valley Ranges area of Garside (1973).
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 143; Stoddard, 1932, p. 57, 61; Vanderburg, 1937a, p. 30; Ross, 1961, p. 81; Papke, 1970, p. 24; Garside, 1973, p. 78; Wong, 1982, table 1; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 115
Fluorine District
Overview
County: Lincoln
Organized: 1909
Comments
A mining district organized near Pioche in 1909, the exact location is unknown.
References
Averett, 1962, p. 42
