Geology of the Devils Hole area, Nevada
Links
- Document: Report (pdf)
- Plates:
- NGMDB Index Page: National Geologic Map Database Index Page (html)
- Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core
Abstract
Detailed and reconnaissance mapping of the Devils Hole, Nevada, area has improved definition of the local geologic structure within a regional carbonate aquifer near its primary discharge points -- the springs of Ash Meadows. Several formerly unmapped calcite veins, and other young calcite-lined paleo-spring feeder zones were found, as well as a number of previously unknown small collapse areas in the limestone. Although the predominant structural grain of the area is oriented northwest, the importance of the very subordinate northeast-striking faults and fractures is underscored by their association with Devils Hole itself, with most of the collapse depressions, and with many of the calcite veins in ' lake beds ' and alluvium. Probable channeling of groundwater flow may occur along one important northeast-striking fault zone. The persistent tendency for openings may have been facilitated by underlying low-angle faults that separate brittle carbonate rocks from underlying, less-competent clastic rocks.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geology of the Devils Hole area, Nevada |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 87-560 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr87560 |
| Year Published | 1988 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | Report: v, 34 p.; 3 Plates: 22.57 × 8.86 inches or smaller |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Other Geospatial | Devils Hole area |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |