Geologic Map of the Black Canyon City and Squaw Creek Mesa area, Central Arizona
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2007Keywords
Arizona Geological Survey Contributed MapsTransition Zone
Quaternary
Holocene
Paleozoic
Miocene
Tertiary
Proterozoic
The Crazy Basin
Black Canyon CreekCottonwood GulchMoore GulchWilliams MesaPhoenix metropolitan areaBradshaw MountainsTonto National ForestThe Agua Fria National MonumentMaricopa CountyArizonaSquaw Creek MesaBlack Canyon CityAplitic granitedioritegabbroDiabaseGranitic pegmatiteAndesitic volcanic rockBasaltic pyroclastic depositsminor sandstoneBasaltic volcanic rocksminor tuFluvial-lacustrine depositsLacustrine sedimentary depositscapping boulder conglomeratelandslide depositscolluviumtalusStream gravelalluvial terrace depositsalluvial channel depositsboulder conglomerate
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Leighty, R.S., 2007, Geologic Map of the Black Canyon City and Squaw Creek Mesa Area, Central Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map CM-07-A, map scale 1:24,000, 46 p. and 1 map sheet.Publisher
Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)Description
The Black Canyon City and Squaw Creek Mesa 7.5 minute quadrangles are located north of the Phoenix metropolitan area within the Transition Zone, an area of rugged topography, roughly 100 kilometers wide in central Arizona that separates the Basin and Range and Colorado Plateau physiographic provinces in Arizona (Figure 1). Low- to moderate-relief terrain occupies the center portion of the map area, with rugged, high-relief terrain of the New River Mountains to the east and the Bradshaw Mountains to the west. Elevations range from 1800 feet along the Agua Fria River at the southern edge of the map to just under 6000 feet in the mountainous areas to the east and west. The southern ends of Black Mesa (3000-3200 feet) and Perry Mesa (3400-3600 feet) are located along the northern border of the map area. Other prominent mesas include Williams Mesa and Squaw Creek Mesa.Additional Links
https://library.azgs.arizona.edu/item/AGCM-1552426990126-327Language
enSeries/Report no.
CM-07-ARights
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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
34.1217South Bounding Coordinate
34West Bounding Coordinate
-112.25East Bounding Coordinate
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