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U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I–2687

Isostatic Gravity Map of the Battle Mountain 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle, North Central Nevada

By D.A. Ponce and R.L. Morin

2000

Introduction

Gravity investigations of the Battle Mountain 30 x 60 minute quadrangle were begun as part of an interagency effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Bureau of Land Management to help characterize the geology, mineral resources, hydrology, and ecology of the Humboldt River Basin in north-central Nevada. The Battle Mountain quadrangle is located between lat 40°30’ and 41°N. and long 116° and 117°W (fig. 1).

This isostatic gravity map of the Battle Mountain quadrangle was prepared from data from about 1,180 gravity stations. Most of these data are publicly available on a CD-ROM of gravity data of Nevada (Ponce, 1997) and in a published report (Jewel and others, 1997). Data from about 780 gravity stations were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey since 1996; data from about 245 of these are unpublished (USGS, unpub. data, 1998). Data collected from the 400 gravity stations prior to 1996 are a subset of a gravity data compilation of the Winnemucca 1:250,000-scale quadrangle described in great detail by Wagini (1985) and Sikora (1991). This detailed information includes gravity meters used, dates of collection, sources, descriptions of base stations, plots of data, and a list of principal facts.

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Last modified March 22, 2012
First posted June 11, 2000

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Suggested citation:

Ponce, D.A., and Morin, R.L., 2000, Isostatic gravity map of the Battle Mountain 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, north central Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series I–2687, scale 100,000, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i2687/.



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