Black Rock Springs

This hot spring was a significant destination for emigrants traveling along the Applegate-Lassen Trail in the late 19th Century, as it was one of the few water stops known to the travelers.

External Resources

• Black Rock Springs GNIS
  • Variant Name: Black Rock Hot 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. p102"
  • Variant Name: Black Rock Spring "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. p102"

• Nevada Hot Spring Trails: Black Rock Hot Spring
• http://www.depauw.edu/acad/geosciences/tcope/scans/BlackRock.jpg (Dead Link - 2013-12-31)
• Charles T. Brues, "Further Studies on the Fauna of North American Hot Springs," Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Vol. 67, No. 7 (Dec., 1932), pp. 185-303 (119 pages) Published by: American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Description of Black Rock Springs, which also appears in George Stewart, "Sheep Rock", p. 89.