| Abstract: | Introduction
The Pahranagat Range 30‘ x 60‘ quadrangle lies within an arid, sparsely populated part of Lincoln and Nye Counties, southeastern Nevada. Much of the area is public land that includes the Desert National Wildlife Range, the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, and the Nellis Air Force Base. The topography, typical of much of the Basin and Range Province, consists of north-south-trending ranges and intervening broad alluvial valleys. Elevations range from about 1,000 to 2,900 m. At the regional scale, the Pahranagat Range quadrangle lies within the Mesozoic and early Tertiary Sevier Fold-and-Thrust Belt and the Cenozoic Basin and Range Province. The quadrangle is underlain by a Proterozoic to Permian miogeoclinal section, a nonmarine clastic and volcanic section of middle Oligocene or older to late Miocene age, and alluvial deposits of late Cenozoic age. The structural features that are exposed reflect relatively shallow crustal deformation. Mesozoic deformation is dominated by thrust faults and asymmetric or open folds. Cenozoic deformation is dominated by faults that dip more than 45i and dominostyle tilted blocks. At least three major tectonic events have affected the area: Mesozoic (Sevier) folding and thrust faulting, pre-middle Oligocene extensional deformation, and late Cenozoic (mainly late Miocene to Holocene) extensional deformation. Continued tectonic activity is expressed in the Pahranagat Range area by seismicity and faults having scarps that cut alluvial deposits. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 80654 |
| Citation Author: | Jayko, A. S. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS Western Earth Surface Processes |
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| Citation Edition: | Version 1.0 |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0373000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0370000 |
| Citation LonE: | -1150000 |
| Citation LonW: | -1160000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Map Sheet: 53 x 38 inches; Pamphlet: iv, 11 p. |
| Citation Projection: | Universal Transverse Mercator |
| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Citation Series Code: | SIM |
| Citation Series Number: | 2904 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Geologic Map of the Pahranagat Range 30‘ x 60‘ Quadrangle, Lincoln and Nye Counties, Nevada; 2007; SIM; 2904; Jayko, A. S. |
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| Citation Year: | 2007 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Geologic Map of the Pahranagat Range 30‘ x 60‘ Quadrangle, Lincoln and Nye Counties, Nevada; 2007; SIM; 2904; Jayko, A. S. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2007/2904/ |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_82819.htm |
| Date Other: | Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
