Risue Canyon District
Overview
Other Names: Wellington
County: Douglas
Commodities: gold, silver, tungsten, molybdenum
Comments
Located in Risue Canyon, near the state line in southern Douglas County. Moore (1969) included Risue Canyon in the Wellington district.
References
Moore, 1969, p. 30; Bonham, 1980; Tingley, 1990, p. 144
Roberts District
Overview
County: Eureka
Discovered: 1870
Commodities: lead, zinc, copper, silver
Comments
Located in T24N, R48E on the western slope of the Simpson Park (Dry Creek) Mountains, south of McClusky Pass and north of Walti Hot Springs.
References
White, 1871, p. 44; Whitehill, 1875, p. 61; Angel, 1881, p. 475; Lincoln, 1923, p. 96; Stoddard, 1932, p. 44; Roberts and others, 1967, p. 104
Robinson District
Overview
Other Names: Ely, Ruth, Kimberly, Mineral City, New
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1864
Organized: 1868
Commodities: copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead, iron, manganese, tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium, platinum, palladium, nickel
Comments
The Robinson district is centered near the towns of Ely and Ruth, in the Egan Range. Originally organized as the Robinson district and includes the towns of Ely, East Ely, Ruth, Reipetown, Veteran, Kimberly, and Lane City (formerly Mineral City). New was located 7 miles west of the site of Mineral City.
References
White, 1871, p. 86; Wheeler, 1872, p. 42; Whitehill, 1873, p. 144; Raymond, 1874, p. 171; Angel, 1881, p. 661; Hill, 1912, p. 227; Lincoln, 1923, p. 245; Stoddard, 1932, p. 87; Bonham, 1976; Hose and others, 1976, p. 64; Wong, 1982, table 1; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 226
Robinson Mountain District
Overview
Other Names: Copper Canyon
County: Elko
Commodities: gold, barite, vanadium, uranium
Comments
The district includes both slopes of the Sulphur Spring Range for about 3 miles north and south of Robinson Mountain. The area in the drainage basin of Robinson Creek, on the east slope of the Sulphur Spring Range, is also known as the Copper Canyon district. The district has produced only minor amounts of barite, but contains substantial gold resources in disseminated deposits.
References
Smith, 1976, p. 143; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 193; Bonham and Hess, 1996, p. 21
