Executive Secretary Nevada State Mapping Advisory Committee, general summary, list of activities, and minutes from past meetings.

The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) 2006 Coverage of Nevada is now available. This project covers most of Nevada with new 1-meter, natural color, digital orthophoto quadrangle (DOQ) imagery. The County mosaics are in UTM NAD 83 projection and are SID compressed. Full resolution natural color and color infrared (CIR) DOQ quarter-quad products in geo-tiff format are also available from this site.

State representative to the Western Governors' Association (WGA) Geographic Information Council. Hosted the NASA/WGA sponsored Remote Sensing and Image Processing Workshop for Nevada State and Local Agencies on May 17, 2001. To view an online NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial with links to other remote sensing sites click here.

Nevada State Representative to the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). Ongoing project with NSGIC NASA working group to initiate project to make NASA technology, expertise, and imagery available to more State and Local public agencies.

To view a draft copy of the 2008 Geothermal section of the NBMG Mineral Industry Review click here. To review a compilation of the Geothermal sections from the NBMG MI from 1994 through 2007 Click here . This file is 3 megabytes in size and in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. To view the 2009 version of the Nevada Geothermal Well List (NVGEOWEL) sorted by increasing Township click here or listed by permit number click here.

Completed open-file report 04-01, Oil and Gas Wells Drilled in Nevada 1907-2003. Also available as a zipped dBASE III+ file. This open-file report updates NBMG Bulletin 104 "Oil and Gas Developments in Nevada" produced in 1988.

Outline map of Nevada showing areas covered by 1:24,000 scale geologic mapping.

HAZUS software applications specialist. HAZUS software is a tool developed by FEMA to assist in estimating the losses associated with potential earthquake and flood events. Formed the Nevada HAZUS User Group (NVHUG). NBMG utilized HAZUS to produced an earthquake scenario for the Death Valley Region (this is a link to a large jpeg image) and worked with the FEMA HAZUS contractor to update the Nevada portion of the earthquake fault database that is part of HAZUS. Released Open-File Report 06-1, Loss-Estimation Modeling of Earthquake Scenarios for Each County in Nevada Using HAZUS-MH.

Metal Mining Districts of Nevada, Map 37, by John Schilling, 1976. This is a LARGE 6 megabyte Acrobat pdf file. This image is of the 3rd edition which is out of print. An untitled map of Nevada Mining Districts dated 1946 is also viewable as a large Acrobat pdf file by clicking here. Plate one, a map of Nevada showing location of mining districts, from the 1932 Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin "Metal and Nonmetal Occurrences in Nevada".

Compilation of USGS MRDS and USBM MILS mine and prospect data bases into a short version with selected fields in dbase III format. Site locations are in UTM, zone 11, meters, NAD27 projection. Mine name and location accuracy are dependent on the original MRDS and MILS data and can vary significantly from the existing property name and actual location. To see a listing of the data base click here (this is a 3 megabyte file). To download the dbase file (pkzipped and approximately 1 megabyte in size) click here. A shortened version of the Nevada Abandoned Mines Database Update, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 2001-03, is available online as a large zip file - 17 Mb.

Nevada Abandon Mine Lands (AML) Project. Map of the Reno, Nevada area showing some of the data compiled during various AML projects. Complete versions of this data set and ongoing progress reports can be obtained by contacting Ron Hess at rhess@unr.edu.

Various image processing, Landsat, Aster, and digital elevation model (DEM) projects. False color composite image of the area covered by the Reno 1 by 2 degree quadrangle. This image was created from 1992 MSS data. Nevada as observed from the MODIS satellite. This 2002 image was obtained from NASA.

Recent Publications

Davis, D. and Hess, R.H., 2009, Nevada Geothermal Well Index (NVGEOWEL) - 2009: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, List L-5, 65 pages.

Hess, R.H., Henson, M., Davis, D.A., Meeuwig, R.O., Scott, K.A., and Boldi, K., compilers, 2008, NBMG Mining District File Collection with Index and Search Engine: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 07-6, portable hard drive. For online version click here.

Hess, R.H., 2007, Geothermal Energy, in The Nevada Mineral Industry 2006: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication MI-2006, p. 70-77.

LaPointe,D.D., Price, J.G., and Hess, R.H., 2007, Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration with Enhanced Oil Recovery in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 07-7, 24 pages, full report with GIS files available online as a zip file.

Sturmer, D.M., LaPointe,D.D., Price, J.G., and Hess, R.H., 2007, Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration by Reactions with Rocks in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Report 52, 46 pages, full report with GIS files available online as a zip file.

Garside, L.J. and Hess, R.H., 2007, Petroleum data map of Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Map 162, full report with GIS files available online as a large zip file - 115 Mb.

Hess, R.H., 2006, Geothermal Energy, in The Nevada Mineral Industry 2005: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication MI-2005, p. 59-66.

Hess, R.H., dePolo, C.M., 2006, Loss-Estimation Modeling of Earthquake Scenarios for Each County in Nevada Using HAZUS-MH, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 06-1, 517 pages.

Hess, R.H. and Price, J.G., 2006, Potential Resources Associated with Proposed Roadless Areas in Nevada (Second Edition), Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-12, 17 plates and one poster.

Price, J.G., Garside, L.J., Hess, R.H., Shevenell, L., Muntean, J., Morris, C., and Coyner, A., 2006, Mineral- and energy-resource potential for White Pine County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-5, poster.

Price, J.G., Garside, L.J., Hess, R.H., Shevenell, L., Muntean, J., Morris, C., and Coyner, A., 2006, Mineral- and energy-resource potential for Pershing County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-6, poster.

Price, J.G., Garside, L.J., Hess, R.H., Shevenell, L., Muntean, J., Morris, C., and Coyner, A., 2006, Mineral- and energy-resource potential for Lyon County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 06-7, poster.

Hess, R.H., 2005, Geothermal Energy, in The Nevada Mineral Industry 2004: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication MI-2004, p. 57-63.

Price, J.G., Hess, R.H., Fitch, S., Faulds, J.E, Garside, L.J., Shevenell, L., Warren, S., 2005, Preliminary Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Disposal by Sequestration in Geological Settings in Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 51, 39 pages. A full compilation of all data sets used to produce this report is available for download as a large zip file - 197Mb.

Chaney, R.L., Johnson, G.L., and Hess, R.H., 2005, Digital GIS conversion of plate 1 (Geology of the Northern Carlin Trend by Steve Moore) and plate 2 (Geology of the Maggie Creek District by John W. Norby) from NBMG Bulletin 111, Gold Deposits of the Carlin Trend: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 04-9, CD-ROM, Also available online as a large zip file - 104 Mb.

Hess, R.H., 2004, Nevada Oil and Gas Well Database (NVOILWEL), Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 04-1, 242 p., zipped dBASE III+ file format.

Hess, R.H., 2004, Geothermal Energy, in The Nevada Mineral Industry 2003: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication MI-2003, p. 55-61.

dePolo, C.M., Ramelli, A.R., Hess, R.H., and Anderson, J.G., 2003, Reevaluation of Pre-1900 Earthquakes in Western Nevadai, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 03-3, 208 pages.