Geologic map of the Vigo NE quadrangle, Lincoln County, Nevada
Scientific Investigations Map
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By: Robert B. Scott and Anne E. Harding
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Abstract
This map of the Vigo NE quadrangle, Lincoln County, Nevada records the distribution, stratigraphy, and structural relationships of Tertiary intracaldera lavas and tuffs in the southeastern part of the Kane Springs Wash caldera, extracaldera Tertiary and upper Paleozoic rocks, and late Cenozoic surficial deposits both within and outside the caldera. The alkaline to peralkaline Kane Springs Wash caldera is the youngest (14 Ma) of three chemically related metaluminous to peralkaline calderas (Boulder Canyon caldera, 15 Ma; Narrow Canyon caldera, 16 Ma) of the nested Kane Springs Wash caldera complex. The chemistry of this caldera complex became progressively more alkalic with time, in contrast to the older calc-alkalic calderas and caldera complexes to the north that migrated progressively southward in eastern Nevada. The increasingly peralkaline eruptions from the Kane Springs Wash caldera complex reached a climax that was simultaneous with the end of both rapid extension and magmatism in this part of the Basin and Range. Using the assumption that degree of tilting is related to the degree of extension, the rate of extension increased until the abrupt halt at about 14 Ma. Silicic volcanism terminated at the Kane Springs Wash caldera followed only by local sporadic basaltic eruptions that ended by about 8 Ma. The northern boundary of an east-west-trending amagmatic corridor appears in the Vigo NE quadrangle south of the Kane Springs Wash caldera.
Suggested Citation
Scott, R.B., Harding, A.E., 2006, Geologic map of the Vigo NE quadrangle, Lincoln County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2892, Pamphlet, 20 p.; map, 36 x 31 in., https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2892.
ISSN: 2329-132X (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geologic map of the Vigo NE quadrangle, Lincoln County, Nevada |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Series number | 2892 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sim2892 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | Pamphlet, 20 p.; map, 36 x 31 in. |
| Projection | Polyconic, NAD 27 |
| Scale | 24000 |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |