dc.contributor.author	Moore, R.T.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-10T01:04:03Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-10T01:04:03Z
dc.date.issued	1972
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/630641
dc.description	The Virgin and Beaverdam Mountains form an arcuate range in northwestern Mohave County, Arizona, which extends northeasterly from the Nevada State line and swings to a northerly trend near the Utah boundary. The range lies on the eastern edge of the Basin-and-Range province, adjacent to the Plateau province, and has a maximum topographic relief of nearly 6,500 feet. Rocks ranging in age from Precambrian to Tertiary are exposed in the Virgin and Beaverdam Mountains. Precambrian rocks consist of a metamorphic and igneous complex. The Paleozoic Era is represented by marine carbonate rocks with subordinate, fine-grained clastic material. Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks are for the most part clastic units of continental origin. Structural elements that have played a major part in the development of the range include a large anticlinal fold and a zone of reverse faulting that extends for nearly 20 miles along the eastern flank of the range. The basic pattern established by these structures has been modified by highangle faults of large displacement which strike substantially parallel with the line of reverse faulting, and by transverse faults of less displacement. In the northern part of the range low-angle thrust faulting is locally prominent. 65 p.
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Bulletin No. 186
dc.relation.url	https://library.azgs.arizona.edu/item/AGSB-1552427330446-566
dc.rights	Arizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
dc.subject	Arizona Geological Survey Bulletins
dc.subject	Recent
dc.subject	Pliocene
dc.subject	Miocene
dc.subject	cretaceous
dc.subject	Jurassic
dc.subject	Cenozoic
dc.subject	Mesozoic
dc.subject	Paleozoic
dc.subject	Tertiary
dc.subject	Precambrian
dc.subject	Beaverdam Mountains
dc.subject	Virgin Mountains
dc.subject	Mohave County
dc.subject	Arizona
dc.subject	faulting
dc.subject	folding
dc.subject	igneous rock
dc.subject	metamorphic rock
dc.subject	faults
dc.subject	folds
dc.subject	geomorphology
dc.subject	Geology
dc.subject	Transverse faults
dc.subject	Piedmont fault
dc.subject	Lime Kiln Fault
dc.subject	Hungry Valley Fault
dc.subject	Sullivans Canyon Fault
dc.subject	Grand Wash Fault

Geology of the Virgin and Beaverdam Mountains, Arizona

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