Roadside Geology of Nevada
by Frank DeCourten and Norma Biggar
Roadside Geology of Nevada
|
|
| Acknowledgments |
iv
|
| Geologic Time Chart |
x
|
| INTRODUCTION TO NEVADA'S MAGNIFICENT LANDSCAPE |
1
|
| The Basin and Range Province |
1
|
| The Tectonic Forces Tearing Nevada Apart |
4
|
| Earthquakes in Nevada |
8
|
| Rocks of Nevada |
9
|
| Minerals and Mining |
13
|
| Mineral Trends |
21
|
| OVERVIEW OF NEVADA'S PLATE TECTONIC HISTORY |
22
|
| Proterozoic Eon |
22
|
| Paleozoic Era |
24
|
| Antler Orogeny |
25
|
| Alamo Impact Event |
28
|
| Humboldt and Sonoma Orogenies |
28
|
| Mesozoic Era |
30
|
| Thrust Faults and the Sevier Orogeny |
31
|
| Cenozoic Era |
33
|
| Supervolcanoes and Their Calderas |
33
|
| Ancestral Cascade Arc |
38
|
| Biomodal Volcanism |
38
|
| Metamorphic Core Complexes |
39
|
| Ice Age Nevada |
42
|
| Mountain Glaciers |
42
|
| Ice Age Lakes |
43
|
| The Future |
47
|
| LAS VEGAS AREA |
48
|
| Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument |
49
|
| Spring Mountains |
50
|
| Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (NV 159) |
52
|
| Lee Canyon (NV 156) |
54
|
| Kyle Canyon Road to Mt. Charleston (NV 157) |
56
|
| Lone Mountain |
58
|
| Pahrump Road |
58
|
| Sheep and Las Vegas Ranges |
60
|
| Valley of Fire State Park |
62
|
| Frenchman Mountain via Lake Mead Boulevard |
66
|
| Hoover Dam |
71
|
| Northshore Road: Las Vegas Bay - Overton |
73
|
| I-15: Primm - Las Vegas |
84
|
| I-15: Las Vegas - Arizona Border |
86
|
| The Bowl |
89
|
| US 95: California Border - Las Vegas |
90
|
| Techatticup Mine at Nelson |
95
|
| NV 163: US 95 - Laughlin |
96
|
| Petroglyphs and Dikes at Grapevine Canyon |
97
|
| NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA | |
| FEDERAL HIGHWAYS | |
| Interstate 80: California Border - Reno - Winnemucca |
104
|
| Interstate 80: Winnemucca - Battle Mountain - Elko |
119
|
| Beowawe Geyser Field |
127
|
| Interstate 80: Elko - Utah Border |
134
|
| Secret Pass through a Metamorphic Core Complex |
136
|
| US 6: California Border - Coaldale Junction |
143
|
| US 6: Tonopah - Ely |
146
|
| Lunar Crater Volcanic Field |
151
|
| US 50: Lake Tahoe - Carson City - Fallon |
158
|
| Daggett Pass of the Kingsbury Grade |
160
|
| US 50: Fallon - Austin - Eureka - Ely |
165
|
| Scarp of the 1954 Fairview Peak Earthquake |
174
|
| NV 722 through the Desatoya Caldera |
175
|
| US 50: Ely - Utah Border |
192
|
| Snake Range Metamorphic Core Complex |
195
|
| Great Basin National Park |
198
|
| US 93: Las Vegas - US 50 near Ely |
199
|
| Cathedral Gorge State Park |
210
|
| US 93: Ely - Wells - Jackpot |
217
|
| Ruby Mountains and Ruby Marshes |
221
|
| US 93 Alternate: US 93 at Lages Station - West Wendover |
227
|
| US 95: Indian Springs - Beatty - Tonopah |
231
|
| US 95: Tonopah - Hawthorne |
238
|
| US 95: Hawthorne - Fallon - Interstate 80 |
244
|
| US 95 Alternate: Schurz - Yerington - Fernley |
249
|
| Wilson Canyon |
252
|
| US 95: Winnemucca - Oregon Border |
253
|
| US 395: California Border - Reno - Topaz Lake |
256
|
| Genoa Fault Scarp |
263
|
| STATE HIGHWAYS | |
| NV 140: US 95 - Denio - Oregon Border |
266
|
| NV 225: Elko - Idaho Border |
274
|
| NV 227: Elko - Lamoille Canyon |
280
|
| NV 231: Wells - Angel Lake |
284
|
| NV 266 and NV 264: US 95 - Fish Lake Valley |
289
|
| NV 278: Carlin - Eureka |
293
|
| NV 305: Battle Mountain - Austin |
298
|
| NV 318: Hiko - Lund |
302
|
| NV 338: Smith Valley - California Border |
306
|
| NV 341 and NV 342: Virginia City Loop |
309
|
| NV 361: Middlegate (US 50) - Luning (US 95) |
316
|
| Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park |
319
|
| NV 375: Hiko (US 93) - Warm Springs (US 6) |
326
|
| NV 376: US 50 near Austin - US 6 near Tonopah |
331
|
| NV 431: Reno - Lake Tahoe |
338
|
| Lake Tahoe Basin |
342
|
| NV 445: Sparks - Pyramid Lake |
345
|
| NV 447: Wadsworth - Gerlach - California Border |
351
|
| GLOSSARY |
360
|
| REFERENCES |
368
|
| INDEX |
387
|
ADVERTISEMENT