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** Borax Hot Springs: [http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15150coll4/id/2369/rec/10 Clason's Map of Nevada]. Denver: Clason Map Company, 1916, scale 1 in=16 miles | ** Borax Hot Springs: [http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15150coll4/id/2369/rec/10 Clason's Map of Nevada]. Denver: Clason Map Company, 1916, scale 1 in=16 miles | ||
** Gerlach Hot Springs: Carlson, Helen S., "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA119&vq=Gerlach&pg=PA119#v=snippet&q=Gerlach&f=false Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary]," Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1974, 282 pp. | ** Gerlach Hot Springs: Carlson, Helen S., "[http://books.google.com/books?id=BixwbIM7ZvAC&lpg=PA119&vq=Gerlach&pg=PA119#v=snippet&q=Gerlach&f=false Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary]," Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1974, 282 pp. | ||
** Mud Springs: Garside, L. J. and Schilling, J. H. "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b91/index.html Thermal Waters of Nevada]," Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91, 1979, 163 pp. Describes hot springs and hot water seeps of Nevada with location information and map at 1:1,000,000. map. (Mud Springs | ** Mud Springs: Garside, L. J. and Schilling, J. H. "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b91/index.html Thermal Waters of Nevada]," Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91, 1979, 163 pp. Describes hot springs and hot water seeps of Nevada with location information and map at 1:1,000,000. map. (Mud Springs refers to the springs on the other size of Highway 447, see [http://web.archive.org/web/20070714132130/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/photos/Gerlach_aerial.pdf Garside (1979) Aerial Photo, (archive.org)). | ||
In 1973, Deborah Ann Brockelsby (age 19) from Lake Tahoe was scalded to death in one of the small pools ([http://newspaperarchive.com/nevada-evening-gazette/1973-03-23, Reno Evening Gazette March 23, 1973], see also March 19 and 20). It was reported that she dove in to a hot pool after mistaking it for the cold pool. The pools were separated by a walkway. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1992&dat=19730319&id=US1cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h1UNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6872,2285402 Merced Sun-Star - Mar 19, 1973]. | In 1973, Deborah Ann Brockelsby (age 19) from Lake Tahoe was scalded to death in one of the small pools ([http://newspaperarchive.com/nevada-evening-gazette/1973-03-23, Reno Evening Gazette March 23, 1973], see also March 19 and 20). It was reported that she dove in to a hot pool after mistaking it for the cold pool. The pools were separated by a walkway. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1992&dat=19730319&id=US1cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h1UNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6872,2285402 Merced Sun-Star - Mar 19, 1973]. | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlach_Hot_Springs_Park Gerlach Hot Springs Park] (Wikipedia) | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerlach_Hot_Springs_Park Gerlach Hot Springs Park] (Wikipedia) | ||
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:856518 GNIS Great Boiling Springs] [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=40.6615681&p_longi=-119.3660202&fid=856518 Google Maps] | * [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:856518 GNIS Great Boiling Springs] [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/getgooglemap?p_lat=40.6615681&p_longi=-119.3660202&fid=856518 Google Maps] | ||
* [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Gerlach Gerlach Geothermal] (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology) | * L.J Garside and J.H. Schilling. 1979. "[http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/b91/index.html Thermal waters of Nevada]." Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91. 1979 | ||
** [http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Gerlach Gerlach Geothermal] (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology) | |||
*** [http://web.archive.org/web/20070714150251/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/site.php?sid=Gerlach Archive.org version of the above with working links to some of the images.] | |||
* [http://www.uga.edu/srel/Nevada_Hot_Springs/Great_Boiling_Springs05_03S.htm University of Georgia Great Boiling Springs] (Dead Link) | * [http://www.uga.edu/srel/Nevada_Hot_Springs/Great_Boiling_Springs05_03S.htm University of Georgia Great Boiling Springs] (Dead Link) | ||
* [http://faculty.unlv.edu/hedlund/hotsprings2006.htm Brian P. Hedlund Summer 2006 Nevada Hot Springs] (Dead Link) | * [http://faculty.unlv.edu/hedlund/hotsprings2006.htm Brian P. Hedlund Summer 2006 Nevada Hot Springs] (Dead Link) | ||
"The goals of this trip were to obtain high quality chemistry data, particularly redox active species, and samples for 16S rDNA clone library construction. The chemistry data will be used to model which chemolithotrophic metabolisms are most favorable in the bulk water at the sampling site and the clone libraries will allow us to see which microorganisms are present near the sediment/water interface at each site. We also helped Chuanlun Zhang with an experiment designed to enrich for microorganisms with chemolithotrophic activities of interest in situ." | "The goals of this trip were to obtain high quality chemistry data, particularly redox active species, and samples for 16S rDNA clone library construction. The chemistry data will be used to model which chemolithotrophic metabolisms are most favorable in the bulk water at the sampling site and the clone libraries will allow us to see which microorganisms are present near the sediment/water interface at each site. We also helped Chuanlun Zhang with an experiment designed to enrich for microorganisms with chemolithotrophic activities of interest in situ." | ||
Revision as of 01:57, 10 February 2013
The name comes from "'Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 - Oregon and Northern California in the years 1843-44,' Baltimore, MD: no publication date, no scale given. Litho by E. Weber & Co. Prepared by Brevet Capt. J.C. Fremont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers under the control of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau." (GNIS)
- Alternative names:
- Boiling Springs: Bancroft's Map of California and Nevada: 1868, scale 1 inch=24 miles. H. H. Bancroft & Co., Booksellers & Stationers, San Francisco, Calif. Entered according to an act of Congress, A.D. 1868, by H. H. Bancroft & Company in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
- Borax Hot Springs: Clason's Map of Nevada. Denver: Clason Map Company, 1916, scale 1 in=16 miles
- Gerlach Hot Springs: Carlson, Helen S., "Nevada Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary," Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 1974, 282 pp.
- Mud Springs: Garside, L. J. and Schilling, J. H. "Thermal Waters of Nevada," Reno: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91, 1979, 163 pp. Describes hot springs and hot water seeps of Nevada with location information and map at 1:1,000,000. map. (Mud Springs refers to the springs on the other size of Highway 447, see [http://web.archive.org/web/20070714132130/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/geothermal/photos/Gerlach_aerial.pdf Garside (1979) Aerial Photo, (archive.org)).
In 1973, Deborah Ann Brockelsby (age 19) from Lake Tahoe was scalded to death in one of the small pools (Reno Evening Gazette March 23, 1973, see also March 19 and 20). It was reported that she dove in to a hot pool after mistaking it for the cold pool. The pools were separated by a walkway. Merced Sun-Star - Mar 19, 1973.
See Also
- Gerlach Hot Springs Park (Wikipedia)
- GNIS Great Boiling Springs Google Maps
- L.J Garside and J.H. Schilling. 1979. "Thermal waters of Nevada." Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 91. 1979
- Gerlach Geothermal (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)
- University of Georgia Great Boiling Springs (Dead Link)
- Brian P. Hedlund Summer 2006 Nevada Hot Springs (Dead Link)
"The goals of this trip were to obtain high quality chemistry data, particularly redox active species, and samples for 16S rDNA clone library construction. The chemistry data will be used to model which chemolithotrophic metabolisms are most favorable in the bulk water at the sampling site and the clone libraries will allow us to see which microorganisms are present near the sediment/water interface at each site. We also helped Chuanlun Zhang with an experiment designed to enrich for microorganisms with chemolithotrophic activities of interest in situ."