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Title: Geologic map of the surficial deposits of the Skull Mountain quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:137940
 [1];  [2]
  1. Geological Survey, Denver, CO (USA)
  2. Fenix and Scisson, Inc., Mercury, NV (USA)

The study of the surficial geology of the Skull Mountain quadrangle was undertaken in order to locate faults that displace Quaternary deposits in this part of the Yucca Mountain region. Work was done in cooperation with the US Department of Energy, Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project, and is part of an evaluation of a potential radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, approximately 20 km to the west. Other areas included in the study of the surficial geology of the region are shown in the index. 11 refs.

Research Organization:
US Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI08-78ET44802
OSTI ID:
137940
Report Number(s):
USGS/MAP/I-1972
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English