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Basalt flows

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Basalt flows, plugs, cinder cones, basaltic ash, scoria, and basaltic sediments. They are present in Nye, Esmeralda, and Churchill Counties.
State Nevada
Name Basalt flows
Geologic age Holocene and Pleistocene
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic (Tuffaceous)basaltic sediments
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow, Pyroclastic-cinder cone, Pyroclastic-ash flow)
References

Crafford, A.E.J., 2007, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 249, 1 CD-ROM, 46 p., 1 plate; Scale 1:250,000. Extended unit descriptions taken from pamphlet that accompanies geologic data/map.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ds249
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Counties Churchill - Esmeralda - Nye