Geologic map of the Mine Mountain area, Nevada Test Site, southern Nevada
- U.S. Geological Survey
The Mine Mountain area is a small range of hills on the west side of the central Yucca Flat basin on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. This map portrays the very complex relationships among the pre-Tertiary stratigraphic units of the region. Rocks and structures of the Mine Mountain area record the compounded effects of: (1) eastward-directed, foreland-vergent thrusting; (2) younger folds and thrusts formed by hinterland vergence in a general westerly direction; and (3) low-angle normal faulting formed by extension along a northeast-southwest trend. All of these structures are older than the oldest middle Miocene volcanic rocks that were deposited on the flanks of the Mine Mountain terrane. High-angle faults that post-date these volcanic rocks locally show displacements of several hundred meters, but do not strongly affect patterns in the pre-Tertiary rocks.
- Research Organization:
- United States Geological Survey - Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-96NV11967
- OSTI ID:
- 802
- Report Number(s):
- USGS OFR 97-697
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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