NV Hwy 773

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Nevada Highway 773
	Tom Schweich

(No Preface)

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6: at NV State Route 773;

Junction: U. S. Highway 6.

Other articles:
• The Gap Road: 10000;

Junction: Road south to The Gap

Locations: The Gap.

"The Gap" and Gap Spring approximately 1 mile to the east.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: 22 June 2015 at The Sump;

The Sump as seen from above.

Lake bed outcrops on one side of the sump.

Pole line road both northwest and southeast. The road to the southeast gives a good view of The Sump from above.

Images:
Outcrop of Esmeralda Formation in northern Fish Lake Valley

Prominent outcrop of Esmeralda Formation to south of highway.

Literature Cited:
- DeCourten, Frank L., 2003.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: 26 May 2004;

Locations: The Sump.

The Sump

The Sump, Esmeralda County, Nevada

Frank DeCourten in The Broken Land: Adventures in Great Basin Geology University of Utah Press, 2003, waxes poetic about a night spent at the Sump with his students. It's a place of clear skies and majestic views in addtion to the many fossils in the mid-Cenozoic graveyard.

Other articles:
• NV Hwy 264: 15000;

Junction: Nevada Highway 264.

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Date and time this article was prepared: 4/24/2026 5:15:35 PM