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Tuscarora is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The community lies on the east side of the Tuscarora Mountains approximately 40 miles north of Carlin. Tuscarora is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. Far from being a ghost town, as several websites proclaim, Tuscarora is home to two schools, a library, a post office and a bar and grill, as well as homes for its remaining residents.
Montello is a small desert village in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is home to Montello Elementary School, which is part of the Elko County School District. The population of Montello was 50 as of the 2018 American Community Survey. Two small bars and a market/motel selling fuel and sundries comprise the business district. Various cattle ranching operations surround the area.
Midas is a small unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada. Although its population has fluctuated greatly over the years and it often appears on internet ghost town lists, it has never been completely abandoned, and one can meet many of the living citizenry at the aptly named Ghost Town Saloon, its sole business. Alongside Jarbidge, the town was known as one of the biggest twentieth-century gold mining towns in Elko County.
San Jacinto is a ghost town in along Salmon Falls Creek in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Franklin Lake is a valley playa fed by the Franklin River in Elko County, Nevada, US. On the east side of the Ruby Mountains, it is 65 miles (105 km) southeast of the city of Elko, and is adjacent to the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. While mostly under private ownership, parts are owned by The Nature Conservancy and Bureau of Land Management; the Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area is owned by the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The area's habitat, 15,400 acres (6,200 ha) in size, consists of wetlands, an ephemeral lake, marshes, riparian woodland, alkali playa, shrub steppe, and grassland.
The Ivanhoe is a mining district in Elko County, Nevada, US. It is located in the Butte Creek Range, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Midas, and 30 miles (48 km) north-northeast of Battle Mountain. It is situated at an elevation of 6,099 feet (1,859 m) above sea level. Mercury mining took place in Ivanhoe between the time of the discovery of cinnabar ore in the 19th century and the mid-1940s. A rare dimorph of cinnabar, metacinnabar, has also been reported in the Ivanhoe district. Gold mining started in the 1980s. The rare mineral, Ammonioalunite, has been discovered in a fossil hot spring deposit in Ivanhoe.
Jack Creek is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It took its name from nearby Jack Creek.
Rio Tinto is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada in the United States.
Huntington is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Moor is a ghost town in Ceder Pass in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located along Interstate 80 between Wells and West Wendover.
Dutton is a ghost town in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Excelsior is a ghost town in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Fairlawn is a ghost town in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Maggie Creek is a southward flowing 85.4-mile-long (137.4 km) stream that begins in the Independence Mountains and is a tributary to the Humboldt River in Carlin in Elko County in northeastern Nevada.
Susie Creek is a southward flowing 35-mile-long (56 km) stream that begins on the south flank of Lone Mountain in the Independence Mountains and is a tributary to the Humboldt River at Carlin in Elko County in northeastern Nevada.
Loray is an extinct town in Elko County in Nevada. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
Moleen is an extinct town in Elko County, Nevada. The Geographic Names Information System classifies it as a populated place.
Tulasco is an extinct town in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
White Rock is an extinct town in Elko County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.
Cornucopia is an extinct town located in Elko County, Nevada. The town used to be well-known for its mining district area, which was established in 1873. Cornucopia was also known under several names, including Milltown and Kaufmanville.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jack Creek (Nevada)
- ↑ Carlson, Helen S. (1 January 1974). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8.
- ↑ Hall, Shawn (2002). Connecting the West: Historic Railroad Stops and Stage Stations of Elko County, Nevada. University of Nevada Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-87417-499-1.
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