Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Inyo | county |
California | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Ryan | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Death Valley Junction | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Death Valley | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
Death Valley-Lower Amargosa | hydrologic unit |
Northern Mojave | hydrologic accounting unit |
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake | hydrologic subregion |
California | hydrologic region |
Areas administered by US Federal agencies | |
Death Valley National Park | National Park |
National Park NPS | Type of land area |
NPS | Federal land areas administered by NPS |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Cambrian marine rocks | CA | Late Proterozoic to Middle Devonian |
Devonian marine rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley) | CA | Middle to Late Devonian |
Precambrian rocks, undivided, unit 1 (Death Valley) | CA | Early Proterozoic to Mesozoic |
Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits | CA | Pleistocene to Holocene |
Older Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits | CA | Pleistocene |
Plio-Pleistocene and Pliocene loosely consolidated deposits | CA | Miocene to Pleistocene |
Silurian and/or Ordovician marine rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley) | CA | Ordovician to Early Devonian |
Tertiary nonmarine rocks, undivided | CA | Paleocene to Pliocene |
Tertiary volcanic flow rocks, unit 16 (Northern Mojave Desert) | CA | Tertiary (4-22 Ma) |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
Amargosa-Death Valley | M-D | Amargosa-Death Valley 22965 line km with spacing 0.40 km over parts of NV-CA |
Death Valley '00 | M-D | Death Valley '00 8136 line km with spacing 0.40 km over parts of CA |
Lathrop Wells South | M-D | Lathrop Wells South 3033 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of NV-CA |
Black Mountains (Death V.) | M-Dz | Black Mountains (Death V.) 418 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of CA |
Death Valley | M/R-D | Death Valley 13487 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of CA-NV |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
GB30 | Sediment-hosted Au | Phanerozoic |
GB01 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB07 | Porphyry Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB25 | Epithermal vein, quartz-alunite | Tertiary |
GB14 | Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
GB22 | Epithermal vein, Comstock | Tertiary |
SB31 | Epithermal vein, Sado | Tertiary |
SB32 | Epithermal vein, quartz-alunite | Tertiary |
SB01 | Skarn Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
SB18 | Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
SB06 | Porphyry Cu | Mesozoic - Tertiary |
SB27 | Epithermal vein, Comstock | Tertiary |
SB36 | Hot-spring Au-Ag | Tertiary |
SB40 | Sediment-hosted Au | Phanerozoic |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Mojave | Lateral-extensional orogen | Central and Southwest |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Commodity |
---|---|---|
Death Valley | Sedimentary | boron |
Sample ID | Date collected | Sample type |
---|---|---|
5157129 | 1979-05-07 | Soil sample sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh). |
5157130 | 1979-05-07 | Soil sample sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh). |
5157131 | 1979-05-07 | Soil sample sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh). |
Sample ID | Date collected | Sample type |
---|---|---|
GC078350 | soil sample |
Sample ID | Rock type | Rock name |
---|---|---|
D237483 | igneous | basalt |
D242088 | igneous | basalt |
D282473 | igneous | basalt |
D282474 | igneous | andesite |
D333625 | sedimentary | |
D350443 | igneous | basalt |
D350444 | igneous | basalt |
D350445 | igneous | basalt |
D350466 | igneous | andesite |
D552769 | igneous | basalt |
D552770 | igneous | basalt |
D552776 | igneous | rhyolite |
D552777 | igneous | rhyolite |
D552778 | igneous | olivine basalt |
D552779 | igneous | rhyolite |
D552780 | igneous | olivine basalt |
D552787 | igneous | rhyolite |
D566681 | igneous | basalt |
D566686 | igneous | rhyolite |
D566687 | igneous | rhyolite |
M130042 | igneous | basalt |
M130043 | igneous | basalt |
M177636 | igneous | basalt |
M177638 | igneous | basalt |
MAI046 | ||
MAI047 | ||
MAI048 | ||
MAI049 | ||
MAI050 | ||
MAI051 | ||
MAI052 | ||
MAI053 | ||
MAI054 | ||
MAI057 | sedimentary | gypsum |
MAI058 | sedimentary | gypsum |
Sample ID | Sample source | Rock name |
---|---|---|
7206 | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure | Vitrophyre |
15925 | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure | Basalt |
15926 | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure | Vitrophyre |
18125 | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure | Basalt |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
C167125 | surface | |
C196312 | stream/river | VOLCANICS (BASALT) LING STREAM. ALSO A SERIES OF PARTIALLY SORTED ANGULAR BOULDER CONGLOMERATES ALONG STREAM (BOULDERS ARE VOLCANICS); stream |
D199252 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; SEIVED DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS (< 500 UM); stream |
D199253 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; SEIVED DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS (< 500 UM); stream |
D199254 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; SEIVED DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS (< 500 UM); stream |
D199255 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; SEIVED DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS (< 500 UM); stream |
D199256 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; SEIVED DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS (< 500 UM); stream |
D199257 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; SEIVED DRAINAGE SEDIMENTS (< 500 UM); stream |
D521182 | alluvium | gravel; sandy; silty; ALUVIAL FAN AND STREAM SEDIMENT; alluvial fan |
D521183 | alluvium | gravel; sandy; silty; ALUVIAL FAN AND STREAM SEDIMENT; alluvial fan |
D521184 | alluvium | gravel; sandy; silty; ALUVIAL FAN AND STREAM SEDIMENT; alluvial fan |
D521185 | alluvium | gravel; sandy; silty; ALUVIAL FAN AND STREAM SEDIMENT; alluvial fan |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
C199280 | desert | Quaternary Eolian Material |
C199281 | desert | Andesitic Breccia Bedrock |
D174358 | desert | RT 190 16 MI W DEATH VALLEY JCT; LGHT BRWN SILT UNDER DESERT PAVEMENT |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
D202841 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; DRAINAGE SEDIMENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE; stream |
D203260 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; DRAINAGE SEDIMENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE; stream |
D203261 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; DRAINAGE SEDIMENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE; stream |
D203262 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; DRAINAGE SEDIMENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE; stream |
D203460 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; DRAINAGE SEDIMENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE; stream |
D204006 | stream/river | sand; clastic; lithic; DRAINAGE SEDIMENT HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE; stream |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Sierran Arc | porphyry copper | A composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc | porphyry copper | U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America |