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

Geologic Mapping Program in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey OPEN FILE REPORT 07-4 PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAHONTAN MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA

118°37'30"W 118°35'0"W 118°32'30"W 118o30'0"W

39o30'0"N 39o30'0"N

Alluvial and aeolian (subaerial) deposits Lacustrine deposits

Qfy3 Qay2 Qfe Qfs Qp

Holocene
Qfy2 Qfy Qay1
Ql Qlb
Qfy1

Qai3
Qsu

QUATERNARY
Qsm

Pleistocene
Qsmd Qsmb Qsmt
Qsm Qslm

late
Qsl

Qws

Qe Qeg

middle/early
Pleistocene
QTs

Bedrock units
QTb

Ts

TERTIARY

Miocene to
Teh

Pliocene
Trd

Trb

Qay1 Young alluvium of recently active washes

Qay2 Youngest alluvium of recently active washes

39°27'30"N 39°27'30"N Qp Ephemeral playa deposits

Qfy Young fan alluvium, undifferentiated

Qfy1 Young fan alluvium of middle to early Holocene age

Qfy2 Younger fan alluvium of late to middle Holocene age

Qfy3 Youngest fan alluvium of late Holocene age

Qai3 Remnant alluvial fan surfaces

Fallon Formation
Qfs Shallow lake sediments of late to middle Holocene age

Qfe Eolian sand derived from lacustrine deposits of late to middle Holocene age

Ql Young lake deposits

Qlb Beach and shoreline deposits

Sehoo Formation
Qslm Lacustrine silt, sand, and mud of the lower and middle Sehoo Fm, undifferentiated

Qsl Lacustrine silt, sand, and mud and locally beach gravel of the lower Sehoo Fm

Qsm Lacustrine silt, sand, and mud of the middle Sehoo Fm

Qsmb Beach and shoreline deposits associated with principal middle Sehoo lacustral cycle

Qsmd Tufa-bearing beach and shoreline deposits of the middle Sehoo lacustral cycle

Qsmt Massive dendritic and lithoid tufa associated with the middle Sehoo lacustral cycle

Qsu Lacustrine silt sand, and mud of the upper Sehoo Fm

Wyemaha Formation
Qws Subaerial sand and alluvial fan gravel deposits separating the Sehoo and Eetza lacustral cycles

Eetza Formation
Qe Lacustrine silt, sand, and mud of the Eetza lacustral cycle

Qeg Beach and shoreline deposits of the Eetza lacustral cycle

39°25'0"N 39°25'0"N

QTs Subaerial silt, sand, and gravel deposits

Bunejug Formation
QTb Olivine basalt flows with minor basaltic tuff

Ts Tertiary sediments, undifferentiated

Teh Eagles House rhyolite

Trd Dacite of Rainbow Mountain

Trb Basalt of Rainbow Mountain with basaltic dikes

Symbology (per FGDC-STD-013-2006)

Contact Solid where certain and location accurate, long-

dashed where approximate, short-dashed where inferred.

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% ? ? ?
Normal fault, moderately to steeply dipping Solid where
certain and location accurate, long-dashed where approximate, Adjoining 7.5'
short-dashed where inferred, dotted where concealed; queried quadrangle names
if identity or existence uncertain. Dip of contact shown locally.
1 2 3

4 5 6
1954 Earth rupture Solid where certain and location accurate,
long-dashed where approximate, short-dashed where inferred. 7 8 9

1 Indian Lakes
2 Stillwater
Shoreline Thick at 1332m Sehoo highstand, thin at recessional 3 Foxtail Lake
scarps. Hachures point toward water body. 4 Grimes Point
5 Lahontan Mountains
6 Diamond Canyon
7 Carson Lake
8 Bunejug Mountains
Beach ridge 9 Fourmile Flat

Strike and dip of bedding

o 41
Inclined

Strike and dip of flow banding or flow foliation in volcanic rocks

39o22'30"N
118°37'30"W 118°35'0"W 118°32'30"W
39o22'30"N
118o30'0"W
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Inclined Vertical

PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAHONTAN MOUNTAINS Scale 1:24,000
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QUADRANGLE, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA
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Field work done in 2006-2007
Supported by the U.S. Geological Survey STATEMAP Program
(Agreement No. 06-HQ-AG-0021)
1 kilometer
DRAFT
Preliminary geologic map
Has not undergone office or field review
1 mile Will be revised before publication

Edited by Dick Meeuwig

John W. Bell, P. Kyle House, and S. John Caskey 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 feet
Compilation by John W. Bell, P. Kyle House, and S. John Caskey
Cartography and map production in ESRI ArcGIS v9.2
by Jordan Hastings, Elizabeth Crouse, and Matthew Richardson
2007 CONTOUR INTERVAL 40 FEET
First Edition, July 2008
Printed by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
This map was printed on an electronic plotter directly from digital files. Dimensional calibration may
vary between electronic plotters and X and Y directions on the same plotter, and paper may change
Base map: U.S. Geological Survey Grimes Point and size; therefore, scale and proportions may not be exact on copies of this map.

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