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Area depicted on the five index maps (figs. 3-7)

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Figure 2. Location of cross-section lines, Death Valley region, Nevada and California.

Base from U.S. Geological Survey digitaldata, 1:250,000; Universal Transverse Mercator projection, zone 11. Shaded-relief base from 1:250,000-scale Digital Elevation Model; sun illumination from northwest at 30° above horizon

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Figure 3. LANDSAT mosaic showing cross-section lines, Death Valley region, Nevada and California.

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Line of section

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Von Schmidt line (historical line)

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Nevada Test Site boundary

Interstate highway

State highway

Combining LANDSAT 6 spectral bands 2, 5, and 7 in RGB space created this false-color composite image. Individual bands were processed to display their full dynamic range. The image was further processed in hue-saturation space to emphasize specific geologic features.

On the image, bedrock exposures of Paleozoic carbonate rocks appear in shades of blue and green; Proterozoic clastic rocks appear in red-brown tones. Bedrock exposures of rhyolitic volcanic rocks in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site appear in shades of tan and orange. The colors of the basin-filling alluvial fans often reflect the lithology of their source areas. Playa and basin-axis deposits appear in white or light-pink tones; the salt pan in Death Valley appears in bright blue. The area is in general sparsely vegetated. Irrigated domestic and agricultural land appears as bright green, such as the area around Las Vegas and near Pahrump, Nevada.

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Figure 4. Index map of place names and cross-section lines, Death Valley region, Nevada and California.

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Place names in the Nevada Test Site areaBeatty WashCrater FlatEmigrant ValleyFrenchman FlatFortymile WashHalfpint RangeJackass FlatsKawich ValleyMid ValleyMercury ValleyPahute MesaRainier MesaRock ValleySpecter RangeYucca Flat

Spotted RangeRanger MountainsCP HillsMine MountainSyncline RidgeEleana RangeGold MeadowsTimber MountainYucca MountainShoshone MountainCalico HillsStriped HillsBare MountainOasis ValleyBullfrog Hills

Place names in the Spring Mountains, Pahrump Valley, and Amargosa Desert

Amargosa DesertKingston RangeMontgomery MountainsNopah RangeResting Spring Range

Skeleton HillsFairbanks HillsAsh MeadowsPoint of RocksEagle MountainStewart Valley

Place names in the Death Valley areaAvawatz MountainsBlack MountainsCottonwood MountainsFurnace Creek WashGold MountainGreenwater RangeGreenwater ValleyGrapevine MountainsLast Chance RangePanamint ValleySarcobatus FlatSlate Ridge

Brown PeakDublin HillsGold ValleyJubilee PassTucki MountainGrapevine SpringsGrapevine CanyonBonnie Claire Flat

Place names east of the Nevada Test Site areaDesert RangeDesert ValleyIndian Springs ValleyPahranagat RangePintwater RangePahranagat ValleyTikaboo Valley

Papoose RangeChert RidgeBuried Hills

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DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS

Playa deposits of Quaternary age—Lake-bed deposits of silt and clay

Valley fill of Quaternary-Tertiary age—Alluvial (stream channel and fan gravels), colluvial, ash-fall, and lake deposits

Volcanic rocks of Quaternary-Tertiary age—Rhyolitic, andesitic, and basaltic lava flow

Volcanic rocks of Tertiary age—Predominantly rhyolitic ash-flow tuffs

Volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of Tertiary age—Tuffs and tuffaceous clastic rocks

Granitic rocks of Tertiary–Late Jurassic age

Sedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of Mesozoic age—Predominantly sandstones in southeastern part of map area, metavolcanic rocks in southwestern part of map area

Carbonate rocks of Paleozoic age—Limestones, dolomites, and calcareous shales

Clastic rocks of Paleozoic–Late Proterozoic age—Conglomerates, argillites, and quartzite

Igneous and metamorphic rocks of Proterozoic age—Crystalline rocks (gneisses, schists, and migmatites)

EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Contact

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Figure 5. Geologic map showing cross-section lines, Death Valley region, Nevada and California.

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Outcrop of pre-Cenozoic rocks

Modeled thickness of Cenozoic rocks—In meters (from Blakely and others, 1999)

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Figure 6. Thickness of Cenozoic basin fill and location of cross-section lines, Death Valley region, Nevada and California.

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Caldera boundariesBlack Mountain calderaClaim Canyon calderaSilent Canyon caldera complexThirsty Canyon lineamentTimber Mountain caldera

Thrust faultsBelted Range thrustCP thrustGass Peak thrustGrapevine thrustKeystone thrustLast Chance thrustLemoigne thrustMontgomery thrustPintwater thrustResting thrustSchwaub Peak thrustSpecter Range thrustSpotted Range thrustWheeler Pass thrust

Strike-slip faultsCarrara faultCane Spring faultDeath Valley fault zoneFurnace Creek fault zoneGrand View faultLas Vegas Valley shear zoneMine Mountain faultPorter Mine faultPahranagat shear zoneRock Valley faultSheephead fault zoneStewart Valley–Pahrump fault zone

Normal faultsBare Mountain faultCarpetbag faultGravity faultGrapevine faultHogback faultPaintbrush Canyon faultWindy Wash faultYucca fault

Low-angle normal faults and detachmentsBoundary Canyon detachmentBullfrog Hills detachmentBadwater turtlebackCopper Canyon turtlebackEmigrant faultEast Panamint fault systemFluorspar Canyon detachmentGold Ace faultHarrisburg faultKeane Wonder faultMormon Point turtlebackPoint of Rocks detachmentTucki Mountain detachment

Other featuresBrown Peak volcanic centerClimax stockGold Meadows stockLittle Chief stockPintwater anticlineSkidoo pluton

Structural boundary of caldera

Thrust fault—Dashed where concealed or uncertain

Strike-slip fault

Normal fault

Low-angle normal fault or detachment—Detachment faults associated with structural culminations BWT, CCT, and MPT are shown as polygons on map

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County boundary

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Figure 7. Index map of geologic structures and cross-section lines, Death Valley region, Nevada and California.

Location of regional geologic structures modified afterGrose and Smith (1989) and Potter, Sweetkind, Dickerson,and Killgore, Hydrostructural map of the Death Valleyground-water basin, Nevada and California (work in progress)

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORU.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF–2370SHEET 1 OF 3

Version 1.0Pamphlet accompanies map

Prepared in cooperation withOFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT,

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NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, under Interagency Agreement DE-AI08-96NV11967

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INTERPRETIVE GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS FOR THE DEATH VALLEY REGIONAL FLOW SYSTEM AND SURROUNDING AREAS, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA By

Donald S. Sweetkind1, Robert P. Dickerson2, Richard J. Blakely3, and Paul D. Denning1 2001

1U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.2Pacific Western Technologies, Inc., Denver, Colo.3U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.