Paleontological Investigations at Mineral Hill Cave

Nevada Cultural Resource Series Technical Report #18

Mineral Hill Cave has attracted the attention of miners, explorers, surveyors, and scientists for more than 130 years. This report focuses on the paleontological significance of the cave. A diverse suite of bones from extinct and extant mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish have been recovered from the clay sediments inside Mineral Hill Cave since the mid-1970's. The bulk of the scientific excavations, however, were recently completed by the Elko Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management between 1997-2000.