Digital Geologic Map of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California
Open-File Report
99-554-A
Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations OfficeU.S. Department of Energy
By: Janet L. Slate, Margaret E. Berry, Peter D. Rowley, Christopher J. Fridrich, Karen S. Morgan, Jeremiah B. Workman, Owen D. Young, Gary L. Dixon, Van S. Williams, Edwin H. McKee, David A. Ponce, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, W. C. Swadley, Scott C. Lundstrom, E. Bartlett Ekren, Richard G. Warren, J. C. Cole, Robert J. Fleck, Marvin A. Lanphere, David A. Sawyer, Scott A. Minor, Daniel J. Grunwald, Randell J. Laczniak, Christopher M. Menges, James C. Yount, and Angela S. Jayko
Links
- More Information:
- Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core
Abstract
This digital geologic map of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and vicinity, as well as its accompanying digital geophysical maps, are compiled at 1:100,000 scale. The map compilation presents new polygon (geologic map unit contacts), line (fault, fold axis, metamorphic isograd, dike, and caldera wall) and point (structural attitude) vector data for the NTS and vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California. The map area covers two 30 x 60-minute quadrangles-the Pahute Mesa quadrangle to the north and the Beatty quadrangle to the south-plus a strip of 7.5-minute quadrangles on the east side-72 quadrangles in all. In addition to the NTS, the map area includes the rest of the southwest Nevada volcanic field, part of the Walker Lane, most of the Amargosa Desert, part of the Funeral and Grapevine Mountains, some of Death Valley, and the northern Spring Mountains. This geologic map improves on previous geologic mapping of the same area (Wahl and others, 1997) by providing new and updated Quaternary and bedrock geology, new geophysical interpretations of faults beneath the basins, and improved GIS coverages. Concurrent publications to this one include a new isostatic gravity map (Ponce and others, 1999) and a new aeromagnetic map (Ponce, 1999).
Suggested Citation
Slate, J.L., Berry, M.E., Rowley, P.D., Fridrich, C.J., Morgan, K.S., Workman, J.B., Young, O.D., Dixon, G.L., Williams, V., McKee, E.H., Ponce, D.A., Hildenbrand, T.G., Swadley, W.C., Lundstrom, S.C., Ekren, E.B., Warren, R.G., Cole, J., Fleck, R.J., Lanphere, M.A., Sawyer, D.A., Minor, S.A., Grunwald, D.J., Laczniak, R.J., Menges, C., Yount, J., Jayko, A.S., 1999, Digital Geologic Map of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California (Online Version 1.1): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-554, Report: 54 p. + 2 Plates - Plate 1: 36 x 46 inches, Plate 2: 15 x 26 inches; Data Files, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr99554A.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Digital Geologic Map of the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 99-554 |
| Chapter | A |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr99554A |
| Edition | Online Version 1.1 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | Report: 54 p. + 2 Plates - Plate 1: 36 x 46 inches, Plate 2: 15 x 26 inches; Data Files |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator |
| Scale | 120000 |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |