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The "Smoke Creek Desert" is roughly the same elevation and consistency as the Black Rock Desert, but is largely undriveable. It is located west and south of Gerlach and extends almost to Pyramid Lake. | The "Smoke Creek Desert" is roughly the same elevation and consistency as the Black Rock Desert, but is largely undriveable. It is located west and south of Gerlach and extends almost to Pyramid Lake. | ||
The railroad skirts the eastern edge of the playa, | The railroad skirts the eastern edge of the playa, and the "Smoke Creek Road" skirts the western edge. | ||
== See Also == | |||
* [[Buffalo Meadows]] | |||
== Springs == | == Springs == | ||
* [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Smoke%20Creek%20Desert http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Smoke%20Creek%20Desert] | * [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Smoke%20Creek%20Desert http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Smoke%20Creek%20Desert] | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Creek_Desert | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Creek_Desert Wikipedia] | ||
* [http://www.militarymuseum.org/2dCavVC.html Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 To 1867] The California Military Museum | * [http://www.militarymuseum.org/2dCavVC.html Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 To 1867] The California Military Museum | ||
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* P.A. Glancy and F.E. Rush. "[http://images.water.nv.gov/images/publications/recon%20reports/rpt44-smoke_creek_san_emidio.pdf Water-resources appraisal of Smoke Creek–San Emidio Desert, Nevada and California]." Water Resources Reconnaissance Series Report 44. 1968 (Cover includes image of the Smoke Creek Desert. Inside photo of the "deserted railroad town of Smoke Creek") | * P.A. Glancy and F.E. Rush. "[http://images.water.nv.gov/images/publications/recon%20reports/rpt44-smoke_creek_san_emidio.pdf Water-resources appraisal of Smoke Creek–San Emidio Desert, Nevada and California]." Water Resources Reconnaissance Series Report 44. 1968 (Cover includes image of the Smoke Creek Desert. Inside photo of the "deserted railroad town of Smoke Creek") | ||
* | * Israel Cook Russell, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=xrbkAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA285&ots=sSKpGAxXvN&dq=Buffalo%20salt%20works%20nevada&pg=PA232#v=onepage&q=Buffalo%20salt%20works%20nevada&f=false Sketch of the geological history of Lake Lahontan, a Quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada]," 1885 | ||
== Geologic == | == Geologic == | ||
Revision as of 00:15, 27 December 2012
The "Smoke Creek Desert" is roughly the same elevation and consistency as the Black Rock Desert, but is largely undriveable. It is located west and south of Gerlach and extends almost to Pyramid Lake.
The railroad skirts the eastern edge of the playa, and the "Smoke Creek Road" skirts the western edge.
See Also
Springs
Links
- Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 To 1867 The California Military Museum
- P.A. Glancy and F.E. Rush. "Water-resources appraisal of Smoke Creek–San Emidio Desert, Nevada and California." Water Resources Reconnaissance Series Report 44. 1968 (Cover includes image of the Smoke Creek Desert. Inside photo of the "deserted railroad town of Smoke Creek")
- Israel Cook Russell, "Sketch of the geological history of Lake Lahontan, a Quaternary lake of northwestern Nevada," 1885
Geologic
See
Gravity, Magnetic, and Physical Property Data in the Smoke Creek Desert Area, Northwest Nevada
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