Reconnaissance of the Hot Springs Mountains and adjacent areas, Churchill County, Nevada
Open-File Report
81-134
By: Nickolas E. Voegtly
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Abstract
A geologic reconnaissance of the Hot Springs Mountains and adjacent areas, which include parts of the Brady-Hazen and the Stillwater-Soda Lake Known Geothermal Resource Areas, during June-December 1975, resulted in a reinterpretation of the nature and location of some Basin and Range faults. In addition, the late Cenozoic stratigraphy has been modified, chiefly on the basis of radiometric dates of volcanic rocks by U.S. Geological Survey personnel and others. The Hot Springs Mountains are in the western part of the Basin and Range province, which is characterized by east-west crustal extension and associated normal faulting. In the surrounding Trinity, West Humboldt, Stillwater, and Desert Mountains, Cenozoic rocks overlie ' basement ' rocks of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic age. A similar relation is inferred in the Hot Springs Mountains. Folding and faulting have taken place from the late Tertiary to the present. (USGS)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Reconnaissance of the Hot Springs Mountains and adjacent areas, Churchill County, Nevada |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 81-134 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr81134 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | Report: iii, 10 p.; 1 Plate: 24.24 × 33.28 inches |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Churchill County |
| Other Geospatial | Hot Springs Mountains |
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