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The '''Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering''' (formerly '''Mackay School of Mines''') is a specialized school within the [[University of Nevada, Reno]]. It is named after [[John William Mackay|John Mackay]], father of [[Clarence Mackay]].
==Programs and facilities==
Part of the College of Science, the school has three academic departments: Geological Sciences and Engineering, Mining Engineering and Geography.<ref name=mackay>{{cite web|url=http://www.unr.edu/mackay/academic-departments|title=Academic Departments|publisher=[[University of Nevada, Reno]]|access-date=October 9, 2011}}</ref>
The Mackay School also houses four departments devoted to public service: [[Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology]], Nevada Seismological Laboratory, Nevada State Climate Office and the Nevada Stable Isotope Laboratory. Research facilities include the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, Center for Research in Economic Geology, Mining Life-Cycle Center, Center for Neotectonic Studies, Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics, Collaboratory for Computational Geosciences, Dendro Laboratory and Geospatial Laboratory. The school is also affiliated with the [[United States Geological Survey|U.S. Geological Survey]] and [[Desert Research Institute]].
==Mackay School of Mines Building==
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| name         = Mackay School of Mines Building
| nrhp_type    = cp
| nocat        = yes
| image        = Mackay School of Mines, 2008-11-08.JPG
| caption      = Front of the Mackay Mines building
| location     = University of Nevada, Reno campus, [[Reno, Nevada]]
| coordinates  = {{Coord|39|32|22|N|119|48|48|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Nevada#USA
| area         =
| built        = {{Start date and age|1908|6}}
| architect    = William Symmes Richardson, [[Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps]]
| architecture = Colonial Revival, Georgian Colonial
| added        = {{Start date and age|1982|4|1}}
| refnum       = 82003258<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}
In June 1908, the Mackay School of Mines building was presented to the University of Nevada, as a memorial to John Mackay, by his widow and son, Marie Louise Mackay and [[Clarence Mackay]]. A statue of John Mackay by [[Gutzon Borglum]] stands in front of the mining building on the main quad of the campus.
The "Mackay School of Mines Building," was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982.<ref name=nris />
===W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum===
The [[William Myron Keck|W. M. Keck]] Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum is located within the building. It focuses on early Nevada mining history, minerals, ores, fossil specimens and photographs and also contains a collection of ornate Mackay family [[Household silver|silver]] completed by [[Tiffany & Co.]] in 1878.<ref name=keck>{{cite web|url=http://www.unr.edu/keck|title=The W. M. Keck Museum|publisher=[[University of Nevada, Reno]]|access-date=October 9, 2011}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mackay School of Mines}}
* {{Official website|http://www.unr.edu/mackay/}}
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