Ground-water potentialities in the Crescent Valley, Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada
The Crescent Valley is an intermontane basin in Eureka and Lander Counties, just south of the Humboldt River in north-central Nevada. The valley floor, with…
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Ground-water potentialities in the Crescent Valley, Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada Author: Zones, Christie Paul Year: 1961 Category: Report The Crescent Valley is an intermontane basin in Eureka and Lander Counties, just south of the Humboldt River in north-central Nevada. The valley floor, with an area of about 150 square miles, has a shape that more nearly resembles a Y than a crescent, although the valley apparently was named after the arc described by its southern part and northeastern arm. The northwestern arm of the Y extends northward to the small railroad town of Beowawe on the Humboldt River; the northeastern arm lies east of the low Dry Hills. The leg of the Y extends southwestward toward a narrow gap which separates the Tags: usgs, Cortez gold Nevada Source: ://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1581/plate-1.pdf