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PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTH HALFOF THE SPIRIT MTN. NW QUADRANGLE,
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA AND MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA
P. Kyle House and James E. Faulds2008
OPEN-FILE REPORT 08-5 PRELIMINARYGEOLOGICMAP OFTHE NORTHHALF OF THE SPIRIT MTN. NWQUADRANGLE,CLARK COUNTY, NEVADAANDMOHAVE COUNTY,ARIZONA
Prepared aspart of theSTATEMAPcomponent of theNational CooperativeGeologic MappingProgram in cooperation with the U.S.GeologicalSurvey
Symbology (perFGDC-STD-013-2006)
NEVADABUREAUOF MINES ANDGEOLOGY
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CWAJB02-1
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3 MountPerkins4 Fourth of July Mountain5 SpiritMtn.NW6 SpiritMtn.NE7 SearchlightSE8 SpiritMtn.9 SpiritMtn.SE
Adjoining7.5'quadrangle names
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Mainly strike-slipfault Solid where certain and locationaccurate,long-dashed whereapproximate, dotted whereconcealed; queriedifidentity or existenceuncertain. Arrowsshow relative motion.
Normalfault Solid where certain and locationaccurate, long-dashedwhereapproximate, dottedwhere concealed;queried ifidentityor existence uncertain. Ballon downthrown side.
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OTHER UNITS
MIOCENESTRATA
PROTEROZOIC (?)
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MIOCENEINTRUSIONS
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COLORADORIVER DEPOSITS
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Fourth (lowest lying) Colorado River terrace(late Pleistocene)
ColoradoRiver terracesediments,undivided (Late Pleistocene)
Fanglomerate of theEldorado Mountains(Pliocene tolate Miocene)
ColoradoRiver sediments,undivided (late tomiddle (?) Pleistocene)
First (oldest andhighest) ColoradoRiver terrace (latePleistocene)
ColoradoRiver sediments.The 'sediments of Cottonwood Cove' (late (?) Pleistocene)
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Piedmont alluvium,undivided. MixedQai and Qay (Holocene toPleistocene)
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Valley fillsediments.Lost Cabinbeds of Houseet al.(2008)? (late Miocene)
ColoradoRiver sediments,the 'lakeside beds' (middle toearly(?) Pleistocene)
ColoradoRiver sediments.Chemehuevi beds of Houseet al.(2005) (latePleistocene)
ColoradoRiver sediments.Bullheadalluvium of Houseand others(2005, 2008) (earlyPliocene)
Piedmont alluviumwith reworkedColorado River sediments(early Pleistoceneto late Pliocene(?))
Upper Searchlight pluton,porphyritic-phaneritic phase,quartz monzonite to granodiorite (early to middle Miocene)
Basalticandesite lavas (middleMiocene) Prob.correlates withmafic lavas of Mount DavisVolcanics (Faulds,1995).
Breccia of volcanic rock(middle Miocene) Prob.correlates with brecciaunits in Mount Davis Volcanics (Faulds,1995).
Piedmont Alluviumand Hillslope
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See accompanying text for fullunit descriptionsandreferences.
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Scale 1:24,000
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Field workdonein 2006-2008Supportedby theU.S.Geological Survey STATEMAPProgram(Agreement No.07-HQ-AG-0064)
DRAFTPreliminarygeologic mapHas notundergoneofficeorfieldreviewWill berevisedbefore publication
Editedby JordanHastingsCompilationin ESRIArcGISv9.2 (ArcGeology v1.2) by P.Kyle House,
andinCardinalSystemsVrMappingSoftwareby NickHinz,andJamesE.Faulds
Cartography andlayout inESRI ArcGISv9.2 by Matthew RichardsonandJennifer Mauldin
FirstEdition, October 2008Printedby NevadaBureauof Mines andGeology
This map was printed on an electronic plotter directly fromdigitalfiles. Dimensional calibrationmayvary betweenelectronic plotters andXandY directionson the sameplotter,and paper may changesize; therefore, scaleand proportions may not beexact oncopies ofthis map.
Forsale by:NevadaBureau ofMines andGeologyUniversityofNevada,Reno/ 178Reno,Nevada 89557-0178ph.(775) 784-6691,ext.2www.nbmg.unr.edu;[email protected]
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Projection:Universal Transverse Mercator,Zone 11,North American Datum 1927 (m)
Base map:U.S. Geological Survey SpiritMtn. NW
7.5' quadrangle (1959), Polyconic projection GeologicmappinginUTMisno longercoincident withthis base.
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