Geologic Map of the Wildcat Hill Quadrangle, Maricopa County, Arizona
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1997Keywords
Arizona Geological Survey Open File ReportsBlue Mountain
Phoenix metropolitan area
Carefree
Arizona
Maricopa County
Wildcat Hill
bedrock geology
surficial geology
xenolith-bearing latite lavastopographymapGeologyProterozoicMiddle TertiaryLate TertiaryPleistoceneHoloceneQuaternaryGranite Mountainmetasedimentarypsammitepelitequartziterhyolitegraniteintrusivesvolcaniclasticslatitetuffbasaltlacustrinebasin-fill depositsalluviumpiedmont
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Skotnicki, S.J., Leighty, R.S., and Pearthree, P.A., 1997, Geologic Map of the Wildcat Hill Quadrangle, Maricopa County, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-97-02, 1 map sheet, map scale 1:24,000, 17 p.Publisher
Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)Description
The Wildcat Hill quadrangle is centered about six miles directly east of the town of Carefree, Arizona on the northeastern fringe of the Phoenix metropolitan area (Figure 1). Most of the central and western portions of the quadrangle are within the corporate boundaries of the City of Scottsdale. In the east the region includes the upper reaches of Camp Creek and the lower-crustal xenolith-bearing latite lavas of Blue Mountain. Topographic relief is low through most of the map area, with a few hills rising above a broad pediment formed on granitic rocks. The map that accompanies this report characterizes the bedrock and surficial geology of the Wildcat Hill quadrangle, and this report summarizes the geology and geologic hazards of the quadrangle. Mapping of bedrock in the quadrangle was based primarily on extensive field investigations. Surficial geologic mapping was based both on field observations and interpretation of black-and-white, 1:48,000-scale aerial photographs (dated 9-17-92) and color, 1:24,000-scale aerial photographs (dated 6-11-88) obtained from the Tonto National Forest. This study is contiguous with geologic mapping recently completed to the south (Skotnicki, 1996a), east (Skotnicki, 1996b), and west (Leighty and others,1997). This project was funded by the Environmental Protection Agency through the State Indoor Radon Grant Program, Grant #KI009544-07-0, the U.S. Geological Survey through the STATEMAP Program, Grant #, and the Arizona Geological Survey.Additional Links
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OFR-97-02Rights
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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
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