NBMG contact information

The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) is a research and public service unit of the University of Nevada and is the state geological survey. NBMG is part of the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno.

NBMG scientists conduct research and publish reports on mineral resources, engineering geology, environmental geology, hydrogeology, and geologic mapping. Individuals interested in Nevada geology are encouraged to visit, call, write NBMG, or visit our homepage.

Phone:
(775) 784-6691 (main number)
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/staff/index.htm

Web:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu

U.S. Mail:
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Mail Stop 178
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557-0178

UPS or Federal Express:
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Mail Stop 178
University of Nevada
1664 N. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503
For phone numbers (required): http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/staff/index.htm

NBMG offices are located in the west wing of the Scrugham Engineering/Mines Building.

Walk-in hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

NBMG offices are closed on the following state holidays:
http://dop.nv.gov/holidays.html

Publication Sales Office (new location in March, 2009):
Please contact the Publication Sales Office to purchase:

• NBMG geologic maps and reports
• U.S. Geological Survey geologic maps and publications
• U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps

You may contact the Publication Sales Office by:
Phone:              (775) 682-8766 (M-F from 8:00 - 4:00, PST)
Fax:                  (775) 784-1709
E-mail:              nbmgsales@unr.edu
Web:                http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales.htm
Walk-in:           Scrugham Engineering/Mines Building, Room 310 (M-F from 8:00-3:00). New location in March, 2009.
Mail:                 see above

If you call between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 am, please call 682-8767 (Information Office).
You may also leave a voice message at 682-8766, and we will return your call when we arrive at 8:00 a.m.

Information Office (new location in March, 2009):
Please contact the Information Office for requests such as:

• Aerial photographs
• Oil and gas cuttings, core, and well records
• General geological information

You may contact the Information Office by:
Phone:              (775) 682-8767 (M-F from 7:00-3:15, PST)
Fax:                  (775) 784-1709
E-mail:              nbmginfo@unr.edu
Web:                http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/infof.htm
Walk-in:           Scrugham Engineering/Mines Building, Room 311 (M-F from 8:00-3:00). New location in March, 2009.
Mail:                 see above

Analytical Laboratory:
The NBMG Analytical Laboratory is open Monday through Thursday from 8 to 5.
You may also drop off samples for testing in the Publication Sales Office on Fridays.
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/lab/index.html

Educational outreach:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/educ.htm

Parking directions for NBMG customers and visitors

Beginning Monday April 14, 2008, we will no longer be able to provide the free customer spaces at the SW corner of Palmer Engineering due to the construction of the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center in that area. Alternative parking areas are listed below.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. In about a year (possibly February 2009), the Information and Publication Sales Offices will be moving to a new building, the Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library, on the Desert Research Institute campus and there will be lots of free parking right outside our door!

For directions to the UNR campus:
http://www.unr.edu/tour/default.asp

NBMG is located in Scrugham Engineering/Mines Building, Room 310 (west wing of the building, not shown in photo):
http://www.unr.edu/tour/location.asp?location=77

Campus parking map:
http://www.unr.edu/parking/documents/parking_map.pdf

• The closest metered parking is located by Morrill Hall at the main entrance to campus at Ninth and Center Streets. There are four 30-minute meters and 33 two-hour meters at this location. The cost for parking is $1.50 per hour, and there is a change machine on the east side of the Information Kiosk. You may also purchase an all-day parking pass at the Information Kiosk.
• Metered parking is also available at the south end of Fleischmann Agriculture (#31 on the campus map).
• With an all-day parking pass for $3.00, you may park in the blue or green areas, or in the West Stadium Parking Complex (#107 on map).
• With an all-day parking pass for $5.00, you may park in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex (#83 on map).

Disabled parking:
“Existing disabled parking north of Scrugham Engineering/Mines and south of the Chemistry building will remain open. New disabled parking will be created at the southeast corner of Palmer Engineering and the meters south of Fleischmann Agriculture. The Evans Avenue entrance parking area will be converted to disabled parking.  Individuals with disabled permits who need to park in the disabled parking at Scrugham Engineering/Mines, Palmer Engineering or Chemistry must contact the parking department at 784-4654 to obtain an access device to Silver #4 lot (located east of the Virginia Street Gym and White Pine Hall) in order to access the lower campus disabled parking lots.  Access will be down the hill north of the Ansari Business building.  PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY DISABLED PERMIT HOLDERS ARE TO USE THIS ACCESS ROAD.  THERE WILL BE NO OTHER SILVER #8 PARKING ALLOWED.”