[Geysers] A Photographer Is Seeking Info about Black RockGeyser in Gerlac...

[TSBryan at aol.com]

I believe that both previous respondents might be wrong, as this name  
implies that this is NOT the Fly Ranch thing.
 
More likely it is a spring (probably the southernmost) in the 5+ mile  long 
Double Hot Springs-Black Rock Hot Springs trend along the west face of the  
Black Rock Range. As the proverbial bird flies, this is about 45 miles 
northeast  of Gerlach and roughly 25 miles east-northeast of the Fly Ranch area.
 
Per Garside and Schilling (1979) (yes, it is getting dated), there are  
traces of travertine and siliceous sinter among these springs, of which the  
southernmost had a temperature of 202F, right at boiling for the altitude. 
That,  perhaps, is the Black Rock Geyser.
 
Now, should the photographers photo show good ol' Fly Ranch, well  
then.........
 
Scott Bryan
 
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In a message dated 7/13/2012 6:36:58 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
upperbasin at comcast.net writes:

I don't  think it has an official name.  When we visited we looked  at
references that called it the Fly Ranch Geyser. And it is a drilled well  
and
is perpetual, so the term "geyser" is not very accurate. 

It is  a few miles north of Gerlach on the east side of the road, maybe 100
yards  off the road.  

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