Geologic map of the southern Funeral Mountains including nearby groundwater discharge sites in Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada
Scientific Investigations Map
3151
Prepared in cooperation with the Inyo County, California, Yucca Mountain Repository Assessment Office. One of the two maps is without shaded relief.
By: C. J. Fridrich, R. A. Thompson, J. L. Slate, M. E. Berry, and M. N. Machette
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Abstract
This 1:50,000-scale geologic map covers the southern part of the Funeral Mountains, and adjoining parts of four structural basins—Furnace Creek, Amargosa Valley, Opera House, and central Death Valley—in California and Nevada. It extends over three full 7.5-minute quadrangles, and parts of eleven others—an area of about 1,000 square kilometers (km2). The boundaries of this map were drawn to include all of the known proximal hydrogeologic features that may affect the flow of groundwater that discharges from springs of the Furnace Creek basin, in the west-central part of the map. These springs provide the main potable water supply for Death Valley National Park. Major hydrogeologic features shown on this map include: (1) springs of the Furnace Creek basin, (2) a large Pleistocene groundwater discharge mound in the northeastern part of the map, (3) the exposed extent of limestones and dolomites that constitute the Paleozoic carbonate aquifer, and (4) the exposed extent of the alluvial conglomerates that constitute the Funeral Formation aquifer.
Suggested Citation
Fridrich, C.J., Thompson, R.A., Slate, J.L., Berry, M.E., Machette, M.N., 2012, Geologic map of the southern Funeral Mountains including nearby groundwater discharge sites in Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3151, Pamphlet: iv, 20 p.; 2 Maps: 64.28 x 39.03 inches; Downloads Directory, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3151.
ISSN: 2329-132X (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geologic map of the southern Funeral Mountains including nearby groundwater discharge sites in Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Series number | 3151 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sim3151 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center |
| Description | Pamphlet: iv, 20 p.; 2 Maps: 64.28 x 39.03 inches; Downloads Directory |
| Country | United States |
| State | California;Nevada |
| Other Geospatial | Death Valley National Park |
| Datum | North American Datum of 1927 |
| Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 11 |
| Scale | 50000 |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |