A Guide to the Geology of Sabino Canyon and the Catalina Highway
Issue Date
2004Keywords
Down-To-Earth SeriesMescal Limestone
granodiorite
Galiuro Mountains
Windy Point
Molino Canyon Vista
Molino Creek
Sabino Creek
Rattlesnake Canyon
Bear Canyons
San Pedro River Valley
Half graben
Xenoliths
Pinal Schist
Tinaja
rock varnish
Sill
gneiss
Sabino Canyon
Santa Catalina Mountains
Precambrian
Eocene
Quaternary
Tertiary
Summerhaven
Catalina Highway
Tucson
Pima County
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Bezy, J.V., 2004, A Guide to the Geology of Sabinho Canyon and the Catalina Highway. Arizona Geological Survey Down to Earth, DTE #17, 56 p.Description
Upper Sabino Canyon Road, also known as the 1 Sabino Canyon Shuttle Route, and the Catalina Highway to Mount Lemmon offer a variety of spectacular geologic features. Because of the relatively sparse vegetation in the lower part of the range, most of these features are easy to recognize and photograph. Some of these features are common throughout this southern part of the Santa Catalina Mountains. Others occur in many other parts of the American Southwest. This booklet is your field guide to the geology of this spectacular mountain landscape. All of the geologic features described in the text can be reached by short walks from the Sabino Canyon Shuttle Route or the Catalina Highway. This book is written for the visitor who has an interest in geology, but who may not have had formal training in the subject. It may also help assure that the visiting geologist does not overlook some of the features described.Additional Links
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1526Language
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DTE-17Rights
Arizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.Collection Information
Documents in the AZGS Document Repository collection are made available by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact azgs-info@email.arizona.edu.North Bounding Coordinate
32.8841South Bounding Coordinate
32.1522West Bounding Coordinate
-111.23East Bounding Coordinate
-110.444Collections
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