Part I: The importance of minerals / Stephen B. Castor
Geology and minerals in Nevada / Stephen B. Castor
The mining and mineralogical history of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Joseph V. Tingley
Nevada type localities / Stephen B. Castor
Part II: Mineral deposits
Carlin-type gold deposits / Gregory C. Ferdock
Precious-metal rocks / Stephen B. Castor and Richard W. Thomssen
Porphyry and contact metasomatic deposits / Stephen B. Castor
Mercury deposits / Stephen B. Castor and Joseph V. Tingley
Nevada's industrial minerals / Keith G. Papke and Stephen B. Castor
Gemstones of Nevada / Christopher Rose and Gregory C. Ferdock
Nevada meteorites / David A. Davis
The goodsprings (yellow pine) mining district, Clark County / John C. Kepper
Part III: Mineral collecting
A personal Nevada collecting history / Forrest Cureton
Nevada from a mineral collector's standpoint / Martin C. Jensen
Mineral collectibles from Nevada / Scott Kleine
Nevada mineral catalog / Gregory C. Ferdock, Stephen B. Castor, Frederick J. Breit, Daphne D. LaPointe, Liang-Chi Hsu, and John H. Schilling.
