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NBMG county bulletins are an excellent resource for rockhounding and prospecting.

You can stock up on topographic maps from NBMG for your next adventure.

Check out the mineral postcard series or browse books and maps available below.

Related Topics:
Fossils and earth history
Geotripping
Ghost towns and mining history

Rocks and Minerals in the Silver State (from Nevada Magazine, Summer 2021)
https://nevadamagazine.com/issue/summer-2021/17515...

Rock Hounding Roundup (from Nevada Magazine, Spring 2024)

Rock Collecting, Land Status, and Mining Claims: An Overview
"This video reviews where rocks and minerals can be collected, how much can be collected, mining claims, staking mining claims, filing on mining claims, and an introduction to land status research so collectors and claimants know where they can collect or stake claims in Nevada." [from Nevada Division of Minerals Open Data]
https://youtu.be/PrQBz4XzQAQ

Collecting on Public Lands (BLM)
https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/documents/...

Remember to Stay Out and Stay Alive! brochure, video
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Minerals of Nevada HARDCOVER Rocks, gemstones, minerals, and fossils in Nevada
Gold from water (and other mining scams) Mining claim procedures for Nevada prospectors and miners (sixth edition, revised December 2019) PHOTOCOPY
Turquoise deposits of Nevada Gold prospectors handbook
Gold fever: The art of panning and sluicing Simon & Schuster's guide to rocks and minerals
National Audubon Society field guide to North American rocks and minerals Rocks and minerals (DK Smithsonian Handbooks)
What's so mysterious about meteorites? Rocks from space--meteorites and meteorite hunters (second edition)
Rocks and minerals cards Rocks and minerals (DK Pockets)
Peterson first guide to rocks and minerals Recreational gold prospecting for fun and profit
Finding gold in the desert: The art of drywashing How to find gold
How to find gold
Price: $9.95
Dry washing for gold Modern prospecting
Placer gold deposits of Nevada Rockhounding Nevada
The rockhound and prospector's bible Some Nevada rocks and minerals: Box containing 18 specimens of Nevada rocks and minerals
Fluorspar in Nevada Mineral and water resources of Nevada
Fluorspar in Nevada
Price: $10.00
Antimony deposits of Nevada Nevada's metal and mineral production (1859-1940, inclusive)
Placer mining in Nevada A table for the identification of Nevada's common minerals, with notes on their occurrence and use
Idaho rocks CA north gold and gems maps
Idaho rocks!
Price: $20.00
Rocks minerals coloring book Gem trails of northern CA
NV gold and gems maps Mine of her own
A beautiful mine Life in the old west: life of a miner
A beautiful mine
Price: $12.95
Fee mining and rockhounding adventures in the West The magic school bus: Inside the Earth
Where do mountains come from, momma? 50 Classic hikes in Nevada
Geology of the Great Basin The rockhound's handbook
Gold in them hills Botany in a day: The patterns method of plant identification
Overview of Lithium deposits in Nevada
   
 
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