Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | Coyote Road |
| Tom Schweich |
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The names
Coyote Road goes west from Silver Peak to Coyote Summit in the Silver Peak Range. The road west, down the canyon to The Crossing, and thence to Nevada Highway 264 has no name. For simplicity, I have named this entire route Coyote Road.
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| Other Articles: NV Hwy 264: 30000 Junction: Nevada
Highway 264 | |  Piper Peak in
the Silver Peak Range Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040526285 Locations: Fish Lake Valley. |
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Junction | | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: Fish Lake Hot Well Locations: Fish Lake Hot Well. | Fish Lake Hot WellA cement-lined soaking pool on the edge of a truly remote barren desert wash. Natural mineral water emerges from a well casing at 105°, at a rate of more than 50 gallons per minute. |
| The Crossing
|  Fish Lake Valley and the White Mountains Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040526270 Locations: Fish Lake Valley. |
| Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040526265 Locations: Rhyolite Ridge. Location where I
found Salvia dorrii. |
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Cabin at Cave Spring Other Articles: Field Notes: 26-May-04 at Cave Spring Locations: Cave Spring. Cave Spring |
|  Location in Silver Peak Range. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040526205 |
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| Argentite Canyon
| Literature Cited: Locations: Rhyolite Ridge. Silver Peak Range. |
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 Clayton Valley Dunes from Coyote Summit. 
Location in Coyote Summit Other Articles: Field Notes: 26-May-04 26-May-04 Locations: Coyote Summit.
| Coyote Summit
| Literature Cited: Locations: Mineral Ridge. Petronis, Geissman,
Oldow, and MacIntosh (2002) studied the structural evolution of the Silver Peak extensional complex. They focused on the northeastern portion of the Silver Peak Range, north of Coyote Road at such localities as Mineral Ridge and Rhyolite Ridge. Using paleomagnetic data from 123 sites, they showed about 25° of clockwise rotation since the middle Miocene. This, coupled with northwest extension and detachment faulting of Mineral Ridge, supports the theory that the Silver Peak complex transfers displacement from the Furnace Creek – Death Valley Fault Zone to the Walker Lane Fault Zone.
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Road Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040526070
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| Coyote Spring
|  Red
Mountain, as seen from the east. Other Articles: Field Notes: 20040526070 Locations: Red Mountain. |
| Other Articles: Nevada Highway 265: Silver Peak Nivloc Road: Silver Peak Silver Peak Road: Silver Peak Locations: Silver Peak. | Silver PeakJunction:
Silver Peak is one of the oldest mining areas in Nevada. A 10-stamp mill was built in 1865, and by 1867 a 20-stamp mill was built. Mining camp lawlessness prevailed during the late sixties, and over the next 38 years, Silver Peak had its ups and downs. In 1906, the Pittsburg Silver Peak Gold Mining Company bought a group of properties, constructed the Silver Peak Railroad and built a 100- stamp mill at Blair the following year. The town, at times, was one of the leading camps of Nevada, but by 1917 it had all but disappeared. The town burned in 1948, and little happened until the Foote Mineral Company began its extraction of lithium from under the floor of Clayton Valley. Nevada Historical Marker 155. |
| Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Load, Jayson, and Gary Sohler. 1985. Hot Springs and Hot Pools of the Southwest. Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Petronis, Michael S., John W. Geissman, John S. Oldow, and William C. McIntosh. 2002. Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data bearing on the structural evolution of the Silver Peak extensional complex, west-central Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 114(9):1108-1130. Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 5/15/2008 12:35:13 PM |
