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Mineral Resources Of The Marble Canyon Wilderness Study Area, White Pine County, Nevada, And Millard County, Utah, Michael F. Diggles, Gary A. Nowlan, H. Richard Blank, Jr., Susan M. Marcus, Richard F. Kness, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau Of Mines
Mineral Resources Of The Marble Canyon Wilderness Study Area, White Pine County, Nevada, And Millard County, Utah, Michael F. Diggles, Gary A. Nowlan, H. Richard Blank, Jr., Susan M. Marcus, Richard F. Kness, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau Of Mines
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The 19,150-acre Marble Canyon Wilderness Study Area (NV-040-086) was evaluated for mineral resources (known) and mineral resource potential (undiscovered), and field work was conducted in 1987. The acreage includes 6,435 acres that is now designated as part of the Mount Moriah Wilderness under the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 (S. 974), most but not all of which is included in 8,300 acres fro which the U.S. Bureau of Land Management requested a mineral survey. In this report, the "wilderness study area," or simply "the study area" refers to the entire 19,150-acre tract. The area in underlain by quartzite shale …