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The oldest rocks in Nevada are in the East Humboldt Range in the northeast, with lead isotope data suggesting an age of 2.5 billion years, at the boundary of the Archean and Proterozoic. Metamorphic and igneous rocks formed 1.7 billion years ago underlie Clark County and the populous areas around Las Vegas.
Geological map of the Northern Snake Range. The Northern Snake Range metamorphic core complex is a gently domed structure that forms the northern part of the Snake Range in Nevada.
Geologic map of the Yucca Mountain region, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series. Vol. I-2755. Denver, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey; Matthew E. Brueseke & William K. Hart (2008). Geology and Petrology of the Mid-Miocene Santa Rosa-Calico Volcanic Field, northern Nevada (PDF). Reno, Nevada: Mackay School ...
Pages in category "Geology of Nevada" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel;
Shaded relief map of the United States, showing 10 geological provinces. The richly textured landscape of the United States is a product of the dueling forces of plate tectonics, weathering and erosion. Over the 4.5 billion-year history of the Earth, tectonic upheavals and colliding plates have raised great mountain ranges while the forces of ...
Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99 This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Nevada is a stub .
The Glen Canyon Group is a geologic group of formations that is spread across the U.S. states of Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, north west New Mexico and western Colorado. It is called the Glen Canyon Sandstone in the Green River Basin of Colorado and Utah. [1] There are four formations within the group.
Topo map: USGS Mohawk Mine: The Silver Peak Range is a mountain range in southwest Esmeralda County, ... "Map Of Nevada Showing New Discoveries Of Silver Peak," 1865.