Roadside Geology of NevadaTable of Contents | |
| Acknowledgments | iv |
| Geologic Time Chart | x |
| INTRODUCTION TO NEVADA'S MAGNIFICENT LANDSCAPE | 1 |
| The Basin and Range Province | 1 |
| The Tectonic Forces Tearing Nevada Apart | 4 |
| Earthquakes in Nevada | 8 |
| Rocks of Nevada | 9 |
| Minerals and Mining | 13 |
| Mineral Trends | 21 |
| OVERVIEW OF NEVADA'S PLATE TECTONIC HISTORY | 22 |
| Proterozoic Eon | 22 |
| Paleozoic Era | 24 |
| Antler Orogeny | 25 |
| Alamo Impact Event | 28 |
| Humboldt and Sonoma Orogenies | 28 |
| Mesozoic Era | 30 |
| Thrust Faults and the Sevier Orogeny | 31 |
| Cenozoic Era | 33 |
| Supervolcanoes and Their Calderas | 33 |
| Ancestral Cascade Arc | 38 |
| Biomodal Volcanism | 38 |
| Metamorphic Core Complexes | 39 |
| Ice Age Nevada | 42 |
| Mountain Glaciers | 42 |
| Ice Age Lakes | 43 |
| The Future | 47 |
| LAS VEGAS AREA | 48 |
| Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument | 49 |
| Spring Mountains | 50 |
| Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (NV 159) | 52 |
| Lee Canyon (NV 156) | 54 |
| Kyle Canyon Road to Mt. Charleston (NV 157) | 56 |
| Lone Mountain | 58 |
| Pahrump Road | 58 |
| Sheep and Las Vegas Ranges | 60 |
| Valley of Fire State Park | 62 |
| Frenchman Mountain via Lake Mead Boulevard | 66 |
| Hoover Dam | 71 |
| Northshore Road: Las Vegas Bay - Overton | 73 |
| I-15: Primm - Las Vegas | 84 |
| I-15: Las Vegas - Arizona Border | 86 |
| The Bowl | 89 |
| US 95: California Border - Las Vegas | 90 |
| Techatticup Mine at Nelson | 95 |
| NV 163: US 95 - Laughlin | 96 |
| Petroglyphs and Dikes at Grapevine Canyon | 97 |
| NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA | |
| FEDERAL HIGHWAYS | |
| Interstate 80: California Border - Reno - Winnemucca | 104 |
| Interstate 80: Winnemucca - Battle Mountain - Elko | 119 |
| Beowawe Geyser Field | 127 |
| Interstate 80: Elko - Utah Border | 134 |
| Secret Pass through a Metamorphic Core Complex | 136 |
| US 6: California Border - Coaldale Junction | 143 |
| US 6: Tonopah - Ely | 146 |
| Lunar Crater Volcanic Field | 151 |
| US 50: Lake Tahoe - Carson City - Fallon | 158 |
| Daggett Pass of the Kingsbury Grade | 160 |
| US 50: Fallon - Austin - Eureka - Ely | 165 |
| Scarp of the 1954 Fairview Peak Earthquake | 174 |
| NV 722 through the Desatoya Caldera | 175 |
| US 50: Ely - Utah Border | 192 |
| Snake Range Metamorphic Core Complex | 195 |
| Great Basin National Park | 198 |
| US 93: Las Vegas - US 50 near Ely | 199 |
| Cathedral Gorge State Park | 210 |
| US 93: Ely - Wells - Jackpot | 217 |
| Ruby Mountains and Ruby Marshes | 221 |
| US 93 Alternate: US 93 at Lages Station - West Wendover | 227 |
| US 95: Indian Springs - Beatty - Tonopah | 231 |
| US 95: Tonopah - Hawthorne | 238 |
| US 95: Hawthorne - Fallon - Interstate 80 | 244 |
| US 95 Alternate: Schurz - Yerington - Fernley | 249 |
| Wilson Canyon | 252 |
| US 95: Winnemucca - Oregon Border | 253 |
| US 395: California Border - Reno - Topaz Lake | 256 |
| Genoa Fault Scarp | 263 |
| STATE HIGHWAYS | |
| NV 140: US 95 - Denio - Oregon Border | 266 |
| NV 225: Elko - Idaho Border | 274 |
| NV 227: Elko - Lamoille Canyon | 280 |
| NV 231: Wells - Angel Lake | 284 |
| NV 266 and NV 264: US 95 - Fish Lake Valley | 289 |
| NV 278: Carlin - Eureka | 293 |
| NV 305: Battle Mountain - Austin | 298 |
| NV 318: Hiko - Lund | 302 |
| NV 338: Smith Valley - California Border | 306 |
| NV 341 and NV 342: Virginia City Loop | 309 |
| NV 361: Middlegate (US 50) - Luning (US 95) | 316 |
| Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park | 319 |
| NV 375: Hiko (US 93) - Warm Springs (US 6) | 326 |
| NV 376: US 50 near Austin - US 6 near Tonopah | 331 |
| NV 431: Reno - Lake Tahoe | 338 |
| Lake Tahoe Basin | 342 |
| NV 445: Sparks - Pyramid Lake | 345 |
| NV 447: Wadsworth - Gerlach - California Border | 351 |
| GLOSSARY | 360 |
| REFERENCES | 368 |
| INDEX | 387 |
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