Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Furnace Creek. Fish Lake Valley.

See also: Cave Spring. Fish Lake Valley. Mineral Ridge. Piper Peak. Red Mountain. Rhyolite Ridge. Big Smoky Valley.

Elevation: 7753ft, 2363m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• Furnace Creek Road, Mono County California: near wash; 
• Field Notes: 26-May-04;  26-May-04 at Cave Spring;  20040526285;  Contents; 
• Coyote Road: 59900; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Close, Terry J. 1987. Mineral Resources of the Silver Peak Range North Wilderness Study Area, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Mineral Land Assessment 17-87, Open File Report. Spokane, WA: US Bureau of Mines, 1987. {TAS-pdf}
• Petronis, Michael S., John W. Geissman, John S. Oldow, and William C. McIntosh. 2002. Paleomagnetic and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronologic data bearing on the structural evolution of the Silver Peak extensional complex, west-central Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 114(9):1108-1130.
• Robinson, Paul T., Edwin H. McKee, and Richard J. Moiola. 1968. Cenozoic Volcanism and Sedimentation, Silver Peak Region, Western Nevada and Adjacent California. pp. 577-611 in Coats, Robert R., Richard L. Hay, and Charles A. Anderson. Studies in Volcanology: A Memoir in Honor of Howel Williams. Memoir 116. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America, 1968. {TAS}

Species collected at or near this location.

This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.

• TAS – The plant was collected by Tom Schweich.
• Oth – The plant was collected by someone, but not Tom.
• Obs – The plant was observed, but not collected.

Lamiaceae

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams dorrii. Desert Sage (TAS)

Loasaceae

Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A. Gray. White-Stem Blazing Star (TAS)

Malvaceae

Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray. Apricot Mallow (TAS)

Onagraceae

Camissonia pubens (S. Watson) P. H. Raven. Hairy Suncup (TAS)

Papaveraceae

Argemone munita Durand & Hilg. rotundata (Rydb.) G. B. Ownbey. Flatbud Prickly Poppy (TAS)

Phrymaceae

Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom. Seep Monkeyflower (TAS)

Polemoniaceae

Langloisia setosissima (Torrey & A. Gray) E. Greene setosissima. Bristly Langloisia (TAS)

Interesting collections made at or near this location:

• Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams
• Tom Schweich 431 5/26/2004

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:22:04 PM, 9/18/2023.