Forest (Washoe County) District
Overview
County: Washoe
Comments
Location is unknown.
References
Territorial Enterprise, December 29, 1866, 2:1
Forest (White Pine) District
Overview
County: White Pine
Organized: 1877
Commodities:
Comments
Organized near the state line, east of Ward, no other details were given, and the exact location is unknown.
References
Territorial Enterprise, December 12, 1877, 2:3
Forty-Nine Range District
Overview
County: Washoe
Commodities: titanium
Comments
ncludes mainly the western flank of Forty-nine Mountain.
References
Beal, 1963, p. 23
Freds Mountain District
Overview
Other Names: Dogskin, Esmeralda
County: Washoe
Commodities: copper, gold, uranium
Comments
Located about 18 miles north of Reno, in the vicinity of Antelope Valley. According to Carlson (1974), this area and possibly the Dogskin Mountain area to the north were once known as the Dogskin district and later the Esmeralda district.
References
Carlson, 1974, p. 175; Tingley, 1990, p.72
Freiberg District
Overview
Other Names: Worthington, Freyberg, Freiburg
County: Lincoln
Discovered: 1865
Organized: 1869
Commodities: silver, lead, zinc, copper, tungsten
Comments
The Freiberg district is in the northern Worthington Mountains. The historic mines of the district are located in the central part of T1N, R57E, on the north flank of Worthington Peak. It was originally organized as the Worthington district in 1865, and reorganized as the Freyberg district in 1869.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 64; White, 1869, p. 79; White, 1871, p. 100; Whitehill, 1873, p. 113; Angel, 1881, p. 485; Hill, 1912, p. 217; Lincoln, 1923, p. 120; Stoddard, 1932, p. 52; Tschanz and Pampeyan, 1970, p. 172; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 106; Tingley, 1991, p. 7
Freiberg Placer District Description
The Freiberg district (T. 1 N., R 57 E.) is at the north end of the Worthington Mountains, western Lincoln County. The district has very small production of lode gold, and nothing is known about the placer gold production in 1935.
Literature
Tschanz and Pampeyan, 1970
