Mineral resources of the Rough Hills Wilderness Study Area, Elko County, Nevada

"A mineral survey of the Rough Hills WSA (Wilderness Study Area) in northeastern Nevada was done by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1985 at the request of the Bureau of Land Management. The WSA is comprised of 6,685 acres of mountainous, desert lands within the Elko District of the Bureau of Land Management ... This report describes the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) portion of a cooperative study with the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) to evaluate mineral resources and potential of the Rough Hills WSA ... The USBM examines individual mines, prospects, claims, and mineralized zones, and evaluates identified mineral and energy resources"--Leaves 3-4.