NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Prepared as part of the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping

Prepared as part of the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey MAP 131 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE STONY POINT QUADRANGLE, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA

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ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT RIVER

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Older abandoned floodplain terraces (late Pleistocene, Inactive alluvial fans (late Pleistocene)MIntermediate-age Basalt and andesite sequence (Miocene)MBlack to light-gray,
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Qay AND ROCK CREEK >10,900 cal yr BP)MDeposits of abandoned floodplain terraces of alluvial fan deposits with fully smoothed surfaces having minimal aphanitic to sparsely porphyritic basalt and basaltic andesite lava
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Dss Qay Alluvium of Humboldt River, Rock Creek, and related overflow channels on quadrangle. Surfaces are commonly blanketed by an unmapped mantle of fine-grained eolian material, but small, localized areas of desert pavement phenocrysts in intergranular to intersertal groundmass of plagioclase,
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Qly Qcb 6 Td deposits, meander-belt deposits, and splay deposits although some overlap composed of fine to medium sand are locally as much as several meters thick. varnish. Soils typically consist of a 10- to 20-cm-thick Av (vesicular A) horizon, flows marked by highly vesicular, glassy flow tops and devitrified, massive flow
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Qay Td occurs and many contacts are thus approximate or transitional. Active Equivalent Reese River Qf4 deposits exposed in gravel pits consist of several a 15- to 30-cm-thick unstructured A horizon (eolian cap), a 20- to 40-cm-thick interiors. Unit is about 250 to 300 m thick along cliff faces on northwest side of
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Qay local topographic irregularities related to incised channels, levees, and eolian bedded fluvial sand and silt overlain by 50–100 cm of eolian silt and sand and a 30- to 60-cm-thick Stage II+ to Stage III CaCO3 horizon (Bk or Bkm). age of 15.57±0.10 Ma on a lava flow collected at base of sequence (John and
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Qcb 7 dunes are common. Floodplain deposits predominantly include valley-flat and (House and others, 2001). Locally, upper soil horizons are erosionally stripped, especially at remnant Wrucke, 2002) and whole-rock K-Ar age of 15.2±0.5 Ma on a flow collected
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Qay2 backswamp deposits composed of unconsolidated, vertically accreted layers edges. near top of sequence at radio tower at southwest corner of Sheep Creek
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of fluvial mud and sand. Organic-rich mud is common. All but the youngest Range (age recalculated from McKee and Silberman (1970) using modern
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Qay much as 1 m thick, although thicker deposits may occur locally. Older Most recently abandoned meander belts (1910 AD to about 2,000 Old alluvial fan deposits with fully smoothed, dissected, and broadly
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undivided fluvial, eolian, and minor lacustrine deposits. In many cases, belts. Composition ranges from well-sorted, cross-stratified lateral accretion expression similar to Qai, with dominant fine-grained eolian cover, and small, in numerous northwest-trending dikes emplaced along southwest
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Qcb 6 floodplain deposits form relatively thin veneers over meander-belt deposits. deposits of sand and gravel to well-sorted, horizontally stratified vertical localized areas of desert pavement. Surface clasts have dark rock varnish. margin of northern Nevada rift in southeast corner of quadrangle. One wide
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Meander-belt deposits include a complex assemblage of fine-grained vertical accretion deposits of sand and organic-rich mud. Surface typically has Soils typically consist of a 10- to 20-cm-thick vesicular A horizon (Av), a 15- to dike trends west-northwest. Consists of intergranular labradorite and augite.
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accretion (floodplain/overbank) deposits of mud and sand interspersed with complex topography characterized by a very sinuous main channel 30-cm-thick unstructured eolian silt cap (A), a 20- to 40-cm-thick argillic Weathers brown to greenish brown. Specimens from basaltic andesite dikes in
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Tba relief as much as 3 m associated with multiple, sinuous abandoned channels multiple channels in lower Boulder Valley. Channel straightening between Mass-Wasting Deposits Slaven Chert (Devonian)
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Td occurred locally due to channel straightening and check-dam construction. Old mappable active meander belt across quadrangle. House and others (2001) Young landslide deposits (late Holocene to latest ChertMIn central and northwest parts of quadrangle consists of
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Mountain Quadrangle, are distinguished by multiple, overlapping, meander- at downstream limit of major channel-straightening efforts. unconsolidated sand- to boulder-sized clasts as much as 2 m wide. Holocene gray chert widely but poorly exposed along west flank of Sheep Creek Range.
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Ql Td Tpd the youngest meander-belt units include a variety of fluvial, eolian, and local Qm1b (1910 AD to about 750 cal yr BP)MDeposits of most topography, and topographic position filling drainages. to dark-gray sandstone. Chert commonly in beds 2 to 10 cm thick, forming
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and Qm4), and 15 additional radiocarbon ages. In the following descriptions, February 1910 (Foster, 1933). At that time, Humboldt River reportedly clasts as much as 2 m wide. Locally comprising highly fractured and partly green and locally stained brown and yellow brown from Fe-oxide minerals.
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Tpd See table 1, the correlation diagram, and related references for corresponding GLO maps). Floodplain mud within Qm1b yielded an age of about 300 cal from high escarpment in Sheep Creek Range. Pleistocene age on basis of sequences as thick as about 5 m as exposed at barite mines. Chert and
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striking fault zone about 100 m wide near south end of Sheep Creek Range.
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Td Active floodplains and channels (present to about 2,000 abandoned meander belt associated with Qf1. Age is uncertain, Colluvium (present to late Pleistocene)MColluvial deposits sequences 3 to 7 m thick of medium-gray to black sandstone and quartzite
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Tt inundated, low-lying areas near major channels and meander belts. Includes boulder gravels and sand on moderate to steep hillslopes. Generally consist of and quartzite composed of fine- and medium-grained quartz and sparse
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belts to widely separated parts of the valley bottom. Unit is composed largely Deposits of typically less well-preserved, abandoned meander belts fan deposits. Generally a few meters or less thick. likely is at least 150 m, base not exposed. Age from lithologic correlation with
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5 of well-stratified fine-grained vertical accretion (overbank) deposits of mud and of Humboldt River. Composition ranges from sand- and gravel-rich lateral sections of Slaven Chert widely exposed in Shoshone Range and in adjacent
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5 Tba sand. Dark gray deposits of organic-rich mud with abundant gastropod shells accretion deposits to fine-grained vertical accretion deposits of fluvial mud and Boulder-dominated colluvium (present to late Pleistocene) parts of Battle Mountain Quadrangle likely is Early to Late Devonian. Age in
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are common in areas immediately adjacent to active channels and in low-lying sand. Generally overlain by coeval and younger floodplain deposits and minor Boulder-dominated colluvial deposits (stone stripes) generally on Shoshone Range likely Early to Middle Devonian based on fossils in
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and minor gravel associated with significant overbank flow or breaches of overprinted meander scrolls except in the case of one particularly well- sorted, angular, generally cobble- to boulder-sized Miocene volcanic clasts. written commun., 2001).
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35 notably well-preserved, abandoned Humboldt River meander Olivine basalt (Miocene)MDark-gray to black olivine basalt lava matrix of quartz, plagioclase (20%), minor K-feldspar, sparse white mica, and
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Qcb Td Qf1a (present to about 750 cal yr BP)MDeposits of fluvial belt that diverges from meander belt Qm1b near west edge of quadrangle. flows. Contain scattered, small (< 2 mm) olivine phenocrysts in a variable amounts of calcite cement. Bedding planes commonly obscure but
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Qai Ql Tba Tba mud and sand in low-lying floodplain and backswamp areas Unit is the most well-preserved, continuous, abandoned meander belt in fine-grained, subophitic groundmass of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, ilmenite, locally have planar laminations. Weathers light brown to dark brown. On basis
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Qai Tba Td Td Qc adjacent to active channels and meander belts. Qf1a comprises lowest quadrangle. Pristine morphology is a strong indication of channel avulsion and magnetite. Abundant, fine-grained cavities give rocks a diktytaxitic texture. of conodonts identified from associated limestone in adjacent Battle Mountain
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floodplain surface relative to active channels and meander belts, and is (possibly co-seismic or flood-related). In Battle Mountain Quadrangle, Quadrangle, unit may be Early to Middle Devonian in age (House and others,
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subject to frequent inundation. Composition is typically organic-rich mud Qm2a is flanked by a Qf2a surface with an age range of 2,000 to 2,300 cal age of 14.7±0.2 Ma from a sample collected in Izzenhood Spring Quadrangle 2001).
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Tba Qf1a is uncertain and is based on radiocarbon ages from Argenta multiple, overprinted meander scrolls crosscut by Qm2a and age of 14.94±0.04 Ma from tuff collected in Izzenhood Spring Quadrangle Valmy Formation, undividedMInterbedded argillite and quartzite
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Quadrangle, where Qf1a overlies a buried, organic-rich floodplain surface typically overlain by Qf2a deposits. Surface is generally flat due to younger (John and Wrucke, 2002). and minor amounts of limestone. Argillite medium gray to black, thin
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Qc Qay2 widespread inundation. Composition is predominantly vertical accretion Splay deposits (late to middle? Holocene)MExtensive splay quadrangle along Battle Creek. Margins of intrusions are black vitrophyre. crest 1 km northwest of southeast corner of quadrangle. Exposed thickness of
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30 Qai Qf2a Qf2a sediments and gastropod shells are common, but are most typical of Qf2a. (predominantly fine sand) principally derived from adjacent Humboldt River sequence near center of quadrangle on south flank of Sheep Creek Range. red-brown Fe-oxide minerals on fracture planes. Maximum thickness about 25 m.
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£ 40 Qao belt Qm2a, and bury older belt Qm2b. Qf2a surfaces are topographically pebble to boulder gravels derived from Miocene volcanic rocks that comprise grained, moderately porphyritic trachydacite lava flows. Most of unit
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l OFvq relatively thin deposit of floodplain mud and sand that disconformably Fan deposits flanking Shoshone Range consist of pebble to cobble gravels plagioclase, olivine, and/or clinopyroxene and sparse sieve-textured sanidine Abstracts with Programs, v. 10, p. 386.

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T32N

l 20 Dsc Qf2a
Qay2 Qm1b overlies Qf2b. In aerial photographs, parts of underlying meander belts are derived from Paleozoic rocks and Miocene intrusive rocks. phenocrysts in trachytic to pilotaxitic groundmass of plagioclase and Fe-oxide Davis, J.O., 1990, Giant meanders on the Humboldt River near Rye Patch Nevada due to
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Qai Qf2b catastrophic flooding: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no.
25 discernible through a relatively thin (5 to 20 cm) and discontinuous eolian minerals. Uppermost flows along south flank of Sheep Creek Range
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30
Qf2a Qf2a 7, p. A309.
Qf2 Tba
Qf2b cover. In some cases, contact between Qf2a and adjacent, abandoned Alluvial Fan Deposits commonly contain 5 to 7% fine-grained plagioclase, clinopyroxene, and Elston, R.G., Davis, J.O., Clerico, S., Clerico, R., and Becker, A., 1981, Archeology of
Qf2b meander belts is arbitrary. Radiocarbon ages from shells and organic sanidine phenocrysts. Consists of several flows marked by glassy, highly section 20, North Valmy power plant, Humboldt County, Nevada: Social Sciences
Tba Qay2 Qf2 Technical Report No. 19, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, 227 p.
Qf2b
l
l
Qai Qf2a Qf2b Qf2a Qf1 sediment from uppermost beds of organic-rich floodplain mud in Qf2a range Active and most recently abandoned alluvial fans (present vesicular flow tops and devitrified, massive flow interiors that commonly have
Qm2b Qay
l
20 Foster, L.J., 1933, Report on Humboldt River Investigations, Nevada: U. S. Bureau of
Qf2b
from about 2,060 to 2,600 cal yr BP (House and others, 2001). to late Pleistocene)MYoung, coarse-grained alluvial fan deposits platy joints. Vesicles commonly are elongated into narrow tubes several cm
l

Dsc Qf2a Qf2a Qf2a Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, 116 p., 9 plates.
Qay2
Qm2b Qf1 Dsc and dominantly fine-grained valley fill in upland areas of Sheep Creek Range. long. Plagioclase 40Ar/39Ar age of 15.42±0.08 Ma from a sample collected in Gilluly, J., and Gates, O., 1965, Tectonic and igneous geology of the northern Shoshone
Qf2b Qf2a Range, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 465, 153 p.
Qf2b Qm1b Qf2b (about 3,500 to 5,600 cal yr BP)MDeposits of flat, Izzenhood Spring Quadrangle (John and Wrucke, 2002). Minimum thickness Hawley, J.W., and Wilson, W.E. III, 1965, Quaternary geology of the Winnemucca area,
Qai Qay2 2b Qf
Qf2b Tba Qf2b Qf2b Qf2b generally featureless floodplain terraces with a thicker (as much Qay1 (present to middle Holocene) Alluvial fan deposits is about 500 to 600 m in north-central part of quadrangle. Nevada: University of Nevada, Desert Research Institute, Technical Report 5, 66 p.
Qay1 Qay1 House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., and Wrucke, C.T., 2001, Geologic map of the Battle Mountain
Qay2 as 1 m) and more continuous mantle of eolian silt and fine sand than Qf2a. with surfaces characterized by fresh to subdued bar-and-swale
Qf2 Quadrangle, Lander County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 130,
Qf2 Qf2b Conspicuously white in aerial photographs, and includes a prominent, 1.5- morphology. Slightly inset below adjacent older surfaces at fan heads, but Basalt and andesite tuff (Miocene)MDark-brown to brick-red to
Qf2b Qf2b Qf1 Qf2b Tt scale 1:24,000.
Qf1 Qf2b Qf2b Tba 4 Qf2b Qf2a by 5-km terrace adjacent to Stony Point. Qf2b surfaces range from 0.5 to have minimal topographic separation at mid-fan and distal locations. orange, finely bedded, poorly to densely welded, moderately House, P.K., Ramelli, A.R., Wrucke, C.T., and John, D.A., 2000, Geologic map of the
Qf2a Qf2b Qf1 Qf1 Argenta Quadrangle, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report
Qf2b 1.5 m higher than Qf2a surfaces. Qf2b deposits have fewer and less distinct Surface clasts have weak to incipient rock varnish. Soils are typically A-C porphyritic basalt to andesite tuff. Contains 10 to 20% fine- to medium-grained
Qf2a Qf1 Qf2a Qf2b 2000-7, scale 1:24,000.
organic-rich beds and fewer gastropod shells than Qf1 and Qf2a deposits. In profiles with a 0- to 5-cm-thick Av horizon (vesicular A) and a 30- to 50-cm- plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and opaque oxide phenocrysts in variably
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John, D.A., and Wrucke, C.T., 2002, Geologic map of the Izzenhood Spring Quadrangle,
Qf2b Qf1 Qf2a Qf2b
Qf2a Qm2b A Qf2a many exposures, Qf2b is composed of 1.5 to 2.0 m of interbedded fluvial thick Bk horizon (Stage I CaCO3 with noncontinuous clast coatings). devitrified groundmass. Small lithic fragments of basalt and/or andesite locally Lander County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-
2668, scale 1:24,000.
Qf2 260±60 yr BP (dominant) and eolian sediments immediately overlying Mazama tephra abundant. Forms small outcrops as much as 80 m thick overlying basalt and
Qf2b McKee, E.H., and Silberman, M.L., 1970, Geochronology of Tertiary igneous rocks in
(7,627 ± 150 cal yr BP; Zdanowicz and others, 1999). Cut-bank exposures Qay2 (early Holocene to late Pleistocene)MAlluvial fan andesite sequence and underlying trachydacite unit along south flank of central Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 81, no. 8, p. 2317-2328.
Qay2
Qf2b of Qf2b along Qm1b channel occupied by Rock Creek contain beds of deposits with fully smoothed surfaces generally inset slightly Sheep Creek Range in northeast part of quadrangle. Morrison, R.B., 1991, Quaternary stratigraphic, hydrologic, and climatic history of the Great
? Qf2b Qm1b Qf2a
Basin, with emphasis on Lakes Lahontan, Bonneville, and Tecopa, in Morrison, R.B.,
Qm2a Qm1c reworked Mazama tephra up to 1.5 m thick overlying a clean tephra bed as below adjacent older surfaces at fan heads, but have minimal topographic
Qf2a Qf2a Qf2a ed., Quaternary nonglacial geology; Conterminous U.S.: Boulder, Colorado, Geological
Qf2 B 6720±60 yr BP Qs much as 10 cm thick. At one of these sites, organic mud buried by Mazama separation at mid-fan and distal locations. Surface clasts have moderate to Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. K-2.
Qf2b Qf2b Qf2a
tephra yielded an age of about 7,600 cal yr BP (table 1, sample B); this dark rock varnish. Soils typically consist of a 5- to 10-cm-thick Av (vesicular Stuiver, M., Reimer, P.J., Bard, E., Beck, J.W., Burr, G.S., Hughen, K.A., Kromer, B.,
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Qf2a Qf2a McCormac, G., van der Plicht, J., and Spurk, M., 1998, INTCAL98 Radiocarbon Age
Qf2b deposit, designated as Qf3, is not mapped here but is described and shown A) horizon, 10- to 20-cm-thick Bw (cambic) horizon, and a 50- to 100-cm- Calibration, 24,000-0 cal yr BP: Radiocarbon, v. 43, p. 1041-1084.
Qf2a Qf2b in cross section by House and others (2001). Gastropod shells from base thick Bk horizon (Stage I CaCO3 with continuous coatings as much as 1 Talma, A.S., and Vogel, J.C., 1993, A simplified approach to calibrating 14C dates:
Qf2a
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Qf2a Qf2a Qf2a of Qf2b yielded ages of about 5,500 and 5,600 cal yr BP (House and mm thick). Radiocarbon, v. 35, p. 317-322.
Qf2b Zdanowicz, C.M., Zielinski, G.A., and Germani, M.S., 1999, Mount Mazama eruption;
Qf2a Qf2a others, 2001). calendrical age and atmospheric impact assessed: Geology, v. 27, no. 7, p. 621-624.
Qs
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? Qm1b Qf2b
Qf2a ? Qm1c Qf2a
Qf2a Alluvial deposits of Humboldt River and Rock Creek Piedmont and slope deposits Bedrock units
Qf2a
Qm1c
Qf2a ? Qf2b Qf1 Floodplain deposits Meander-belt deposits Splay deposits Alluvial fan deposits Mass-wasting deposits Colluvial deposits
Qf1 0 0 0
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ContactMDashed where approximately located.

? Qf2b Qs Qf1a Qm1b
Qf2b
Qf2 Qf2b
? Qf2a
Qs 1,000 Paleomeander trace
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Qf2
Qf2
Qf2a 1,000 Qf1
Qf2a Qf2a
Qf2a Qf1b Qm1c ?
Qf2b Qf2a
Qay1 Qs FaultMDashed where approximately located or inferred;
Qm1b Qm1c 2,000
Qf2a
Qf2a Qf2a Qf2a 2,000 dotted where concealed; queried where uncertain;
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Qf2b Qf2a Qm2a ball on downthrown side.

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Qf1b
Qf2a
Qf1 Qf1
Qf2a Qf2a Qf2a
Qf2a Qm2b £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Qf2 Qf2b Qf2a Qf2a
Qay1
3,000 Qay1 Thrust faultMDashed where approximately located or inferred;
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Qf1 3,000 Qly saw teeth on upper plate.

Qf2b Qf2b
?
£

Qf2a Qay

Holocene
Qf2b
Qf1b Tib Qf2 Qm2 Qay l l l l l

Qf2b
Qf2b 4,000
Qf2a
Qf2 Qf1b Qf1b Qc Qcb Fluvial scarp
Tib
£

Qay1

QUATERNARY
Qf2b Qf2a OFv 4,000
Qf1 £
Qf2b
£ l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l

Qf2b Qf2 Qf1b

Boundary of landslide depositMShown where depositional
£

Qf2
£

Qf2a Qf1b
£ 5,000
Calibrated yr BP

Qf1b Qf2 Dsc against older units; hachure marks on deposit side of boundary,
Qf1
£

Qf1b
Qf2a Qf1 dashed where approximately located, dotted where concealed.
QUATERNARY

14
Qf1b
£
Qf2a Qf1b
10
£ £ £

C yr BP
Holocene
?

Qf1b Qf2
5,000
Qf1b Qf1b
Qf2a Strike and dip of beds
£

Qf2a Qf2 Tib 6,000

Qf1b
Qf2a Qf1b
Qf1b Qay2
Qf1b
£

20
Qay1 Tib
£ Tib Inclined
Qf1
£

Qf2a Qf1 Tib

2
Qf1a Qf2 £
Qf1b Qf2a Qf1b Qf1b Dsc
7,000
6,000 ? Direction and plunge of fold axis
Qf2b
?

Qf2a Qf1b OFv

Qf1b Qf1b
£ 10
£

Qs Qf2a Qf2a Qf2a Qay1 Tib

Pleistocene
Qf1b
Qf1 Mazama tephra
£

14
Qai Fossil localityMShowing U.S. Geological Survey collection
£

Qf2a Dsc 7,000 10,000 C yr BP

OFv
Qf2a Qf1b Qf2a Qm2 £ 8,000 number.
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Qf2a Qf2a
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£ ? ?
£ £

Qf2a
Qf1b Qay 11525-CO
Qf1 Qf2a Qf2a Qf2a £ Qao
Qf2a £
£

Qf1
Qf2a Qay1
Qay
Tib 8,000 Sample location for 14C analysis, and associated 14C age
Qf2a Qf2b 9,000
£ £

Qf1 Tib
Dsc (see table)
Qf2a B
Qf1b Qf2 Tib 6720±60 yr BP
Qf1b Qay
£ £ Ql
Dsc Tib
Qf1 Qf2 BrecciaMSilicified fault breccia zone in Slaven Chert.
£

Qf1b Qf2a Qm2 10,000 9,000

Tib
?

Qf2 Qay1
£ £

Dsc UNCONFORMITY
Qay Dsc 11525-
Qf1 Qai CO
Areas of significant disturbance due to mineral resource
Qf1b Qf2a
Qf2
Qf2a Qay £ Tob
Qf2a Qay1 11,000 extraction.
Dsc Dsc
£ £

Qf2a Qai £ £ £ Tib Qf4 10,000 Tpd

Pleistocene

Qm2 Qay
£

Qf1 OFv
116°52'30"

116°45'00"
£

Qf4 £ £ £ 12,000
£

Qf4 Qf2a Qf2b

Qm2 Dsc Notes
Qf2a Qf2b
Tib 1
Real years derived from calibration of 14C ages.
Tpa
OFv 2 14
Qf2b Qf2b Qai C year scale is nonlinear due to variations in atmospheric 14C content over time.
TERTIARY
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Miocene

Td Primary mapping responsibilities:

40°37'30" R45E R46E 40°37'30" House and Ramelli: Quaternary river deposits; Ramelli: Quaternary
piedmont and slope deposits. Fieldwork done in 1998-2001.
Wrucke: Paleozoic rocks. Fieldwork done in 1996-2001. John: Tertiary

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE STONY POINT QUADRANGLE, Table 1. Radiocarbon Sample Information Tt volcanic rocks. Fieldwork done in 1998-2000.

Sample Lab ID Material Depth (cm) Map Unit Sampled Unit1 Stratigraphic context 14C age (yr BP)2 Calibrated 14C age Office Review by: John Bell (NBMG), Christopher Henry (NBMG), Jerry
3
(cal yr BP) Tba Miller (Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C.), Ted Theodore

LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA

(USGS, Menlo Park).
A Beta-154714 charcoal 100 Qm1b Qf1a Floodplain mud in Qm1b 260 ± 60 470–260 Field Review by: John Bell (NBMG), Jon Price (NBMG).
Scale 1:24,000
adjacent to onlap with Qf2b 220–140
0 0.5 1 kilometer Tib First edition, first printing, 2001
Printed by Bear Industries, Sparks, Nevada
B Beta-129627 soil 125 Qf2b Qf3 4 Black organic mud immediately 6,720 ± 60 7,670–7,475
Edited by Dick Meeuwig; cartography by Robert Chaney

Alan R. Ramelli, P. Kyle House, below clean Mazama tephra UNCONFORMITY

0 0.5 1 mile Upper plate of the Roberts Mountains thrust
Geologic mapping was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey
£ £ £ £
DEVONIAN

1
Discrepancy between map unit and sampled unit indicates complex subsurface stratigraphic relations (e.g., burial or interbedding) or stratigraphic discrimination in STATEMAP Program (Agreement No. 1434-HQ-97-AG-01766). National

Chester T. Wrucke, and David A. John

TO LATE CAMBRIAN

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 feet outcrop too fine to map accurately. See unit descriptions and House and others (2001) for further clarification.
Dsc Dss

ult
2
Science Foundation, Hydrologic Sciences Program (grant EAR-9996284).
Uncalibrated radiocarbon age in years before 1950.

Fa
ORDOVICIAN

CONTOUR INTERVAL 40 FEET 3

Calibrated age in calendar years before 1950 AD (Stuiver and others, 1998; Talma and Vogel, 1993). Calibration of conventional radiocarbon ages sometimes results in
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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2001
SUPPLEMENTARY CONTOUR INTERVAL 5 FEET more than one age range because of variability in atmospheric 14C content over time.

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OFv OFvq University of Nevada, Mail Stop 178

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Unit described and shown on cross section on House and others (2001).
Base map: U.S. Geological Survey Stony Point 7.5' Quadrangle, 1985 Reno, Nevada 89557-0088
£ £ £ £ (775) 784-6691, ext. 2,
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