Snowstorm Mountains District
Overview
County: Elko
Commodities: gold
Comments
Located on the north slope of the northern Snowstorm Mountains, mainly in the vicinity of First Creek and Snowstorm Creek.
References
Bentz and Tingley, 1983, p. 187; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 201
Sodaville District
Overview
Other Names: Pilot Mountains
County: Mineral
Active: 1917-1918
Commodities: manganese, tungsten
Comments
Includes a small area in the vicinity of Soda Springs, west of Sodaville. Sodaville was used as an alternate name for the Pilot Mountains district by Lincoln (1923), but Lincoln did not include the area of the present Sodaville district in his Pilot Mountains district.
References
Hill, 1912, p. 209; Pardee and Jones, 1920, p. 234; Lincoln, 1923, p. 147; Stoddard, 1932, p. 62; Lotz, 1934, p. 21; Vanderburg, 1937a, p. 50; Ross, 1961, p. 83; Bonham, 1976; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 129
Southeastern District
Overview
Other Names: Arrowhead, Arrow
County: Lincoln
Discovered: 1870
Organized: 1870
Commodities: copper, lead, silver
Comments
Situated in a canyon on the western slope of the northern section of the Las Vegas Range (northern Pintwater Range), about 75 miles north of Las Vegas. The original district name was Southeastern; Arrowhead is the name of the principal mine.
References
Whitehill, 1873, p. 97; Angel, 1881, p. 486; Averett, 1962, p. 89; Tschanz and Pampeyan, 1970, p. 176; Tingley, 1989b, p. 7
Spencer Hot Springs District
Overview
Other Names: Linka, Spencer Hot Springs area, Spencers Hot Spring
County: Lander
Discovered: 1941
Commodities: tungsten, molybdenum, copper, silver
Comments
Located north of Pete’s Canyon on the east side of Smoky Valley, southeast of Austin. This area is sometimes called Linka for the Linka tungsten mine, the major mine in the district.
References
Stewart and others, 1977, p. 96; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 100
