Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | U. S. Highway 6 |
| Tom Schweich |
Topics in this Article: Literature Cited | (No Preface) |
| Other Articles: US Highway 191: 57800 Interstate 70: at US Hwy 191 N
Junction: US Interstate 70, just west of Green River, Utah.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 near Green River, UT
View of the southeast edge of the San Rafael Swell.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 near Green River, Utah
Beckwith Plateau from the south; photograph taken at a small rise in US Highway 6, just north of Interstate 70.
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Desert Siding | | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: at Beckwith Plateau Locations: Beckwith Plateau. Beckwith Plateau to
the east. | | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 along US Hwy 6 Emery County Route 401: at US Hwy 6
Junction: Green River Cut-Off Road (EM401)
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Cross Price River | | Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 in Woodside, Utah
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| Literature Cited: Locations: Woodside.
| Woodside
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Locations: Summerville Wash.
Summerville Wash empties into Price River. |
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Horse Canyon Road | | Other Articles: US Highway 191: at Drill Road Drill Road: at US Hwy 6
Junction: Drill Road |
| Other Articles: US Highway 191: at Sunnyside Junction Locations: Sunnyside Junction. | Sunnyside Junction
| Other Articles: US Highway 191: at Mounds Road Mounds Road: at US Hwy 6
Junction: Mounds Road |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 near Wellington
View of Wellington, Utah, from beside US Highway 6.
| | Locations: Wellington.
| Wellington
| | Price
| Other Articles: Utah Highway 10: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Utah Highway 10,
southwest to US I-70. | | Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 near Helper, Utah
Entering Helper from the south on US Highway 6. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080605100 US Highway 191: at Helper Locations: Helper.
| Helper
| Other Articles: US Highway 191: 54600 Junction: US Highway 191,
north to Vernal, south to US I-70 |
| Locations: Castle Gate.
| Castle Gate
| Other Articles: UT Highway 96: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Utah Highway 96,
to Scofield Reservoir, Clear Creek, and Miller Canyon, where Marcus E. Jones collected Swertia albomarginata.
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| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 50: between Ely and Delta | Note: From Ely, Nevada to Delta, Utah, U. S. Highway 6 and U. S. Highway 50 share the same route. Please jump to U. S. Highway 50 for commentary. | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: in vicinity of Ely U. S. Highway 93: at US Hwy 6 U. S. Highway 50: at US Hwy 6 W Locations: Ely. | ElyJunction:
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Murry Springs | |
Murry Rock | |
Natural Arch | | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080610110 Swertia albomarginata: southwest of Ely Small canyon to northwest.
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| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Murray Summit Locations: Murray Summit. | Murray SummitElevation 7,323 ft.Swertia albomarginata collected hear here, UC1434030.
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 10-Jun-08
Ward Mountain Recreation Area. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 10-Jun-08 |
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Murray Summit Locations: Lion Spring Wash. Crossing Lion Spring
Wash | |
Junction: National Forest Road 455 | This road accesses Lower Terrace and Upper Terrace, by way of Lion Spring Wash. There is at at least one collection of Swertia albomarginata made along this road. | Locations: White Sage Wash.
Crossing White Sage Wash | | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: on Ward Mountain Locations: Ward Mountain. Ward Mountain, to the east, in the
north part of the Egan Range. | There is an Edmund Jaeger collection of Swertia albomarginata from Ward Mountain. |
Junction: Headhouse Road | This looks like a good road to use for Lower and Upper Terrace. |
There is a landstrip just south of the junction with Headhouse Road.
| | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 318: at US Hwy 6 Junction: NV Hwy 318, south
through the White River Valley to US Highway 93 near Hiko, Nevada.
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Cross Nye County Route 10, also apparently known as "Long Valley Road." The USGS identifies this as Ellison Creek.
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National Forest Road 405 to White River Campground and Currant Mountain Wilderness.
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Cross the White River. | | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20090606040 Swertia albomarginata: near White River A. Thiem collected Swertia
albomarginata in the hills east of the highway. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 11-Jun-08 |
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White Pine County above … | Nye County below …
| Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Currant Locations: Currant Summit. | Currant Summit
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 11-Jun-08 Swertia albomarginata: south of Currant Summit Species Lists: Swertia albomarginata |
| Literature Cited: Locations: White Pine Range. White Pine Mountains
are north of US Highway 6 between Currant and Currant Summit. | Kartesz (1988) states that Swertia albomarginata is found in the White Pine Range. | The
Currant Creek Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) is south of the highway.
Data from this weather station can be found at:
http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=CCRN2.
| | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: near Currant Nevada State Route 379: Currant Locations: Currant.
| CurrantJunction: Nevada State Route 379David D. Keck collected Swertia albomarginata east of Currant. | Other Articles: Wells Station Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Wells Station
Road, southeast through the northern Grant Range, to Wells Station Summit, and then across the White River Valley to Nevada State Route 318 between Sunnyside and Lund.
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Other Articles: Field Notes: 11-Jun-08
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View across Railroad Valley to the Grant Range.
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Black Rock Summit, elevation 6257 ft. |
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Junction: Lunar Crater Road. |
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Sandy Summit, elevation 6030 ft. |
| Other Articles: Nevada Highway 375: Warm Springs | Warm SpringsJunction:
Hot Creek Range to the north; Kawich Range to the south.
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White River is to the southeast of the highway. |
| Other Articles: Railroad Valley Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Railroad Valley
Road, south, down the east side of Railroad Valley Road, to NV State Route 375.
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| | Ralston Valley
| Literature Cited: | San Antonio Mountains"Near Tonopah along the southern rim of the Great Basin Desert, shadscale forms an ecotone separating the creosote and sagebrush zones where winters are too cold for creosote bush and where the climate is, too dry for sagebrush. Here shadscale with a clear tolerance for extremes in temperature. aridity and salty soil than either of these two dominant plants looks out over the shimmering heat waves rising from the Mojave Desert (Trimble, 1989)." | Other Articles: Nevada Highway 378: 60000 Junction: Nevada Highway
378, north through the Big Smoky Valley to US Highway 50. |
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: at US Hwy 6 Locations: Tonopah. | TonopahJunction: US Highway 95, south to Las Vegas. | Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 in Tonopah
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| Other Articles: Nevada State Route 89: 90000 Junction: Nevada State Route
89, north to Gabbs. | | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080612020 View west to
Monte Cristo Range. | | Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 near Tonopah
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Between Tonopah and Coaldale, U. S. Hwy 6 and U. S. Hwy 95 share a route.
| | | Big Smokey Valley
| Other Articles: Nevada Highway 265: at Blair Junction | Blair JunctionJunction: Nevada Highway 265, south to Silver Peak.
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 95: at US Hwy 6 West | CoaldaleJunction: US Highway 95, north to such garden spots as Mina, Luning, and Hawthorne.
| Locations: Columbus Salt Marsh. | Columbus Salt Marsh
| Other Articles: NV Hwy 773: 10000 Junction: Nevada State Route
773, south to NV State Route 264 in Fish Lake Valley. |
| Literature Cited: Locations: The Gap. Approximately 3 miles south is "The
Gap" through which Fish Lake Valley drains into Columbus Salt Marsh.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-06 at Columbus Salt Marsh Locations: Volcanic Hills. White Mountains.
The Volcanic Hills could be seen to the south. The west edge of Columbus Salt Marsh to the north. The White Mountains could be seen in the distance, with Montgomery Peak and Boundary Peak the higher peaks on the right.
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Highway 6 passes through a small canyon. |
| Literature Cited: Field Trip Stop 7: Eastern Segment
of Coaldale Fault (Volcanic Hills) in Lee, et al., 2006. Walk about 200 meters south of the dirt pullout.`
| | Other Articles: NV Hwy 264: 10000 Junction: Nevada State Route
264, south through Fish Lake Valley. | Field Trip Stop 6 of Lee, et al., 2006 is one mile south on Nevada State Route 264. |
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Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080612090
Basalt Mine and Mill, operated by Grefco, Inc..
| Grefco has operated this mine since 1944. J. S. Horton, Chief Mine Engineer of Grefco is quoted in Albers and Stewart (1972):
In 1989, mail came here from Mina, NV 89422, and the local telehone was Dicalite #1. The mine had 12 employees and produced 8,766 tons of diatomaceous earth. In 2007, the Basalt Mine and Mill had 9 employees and a telephone number: 775-573-2422. Mail was directed to Grefco's address in Burney, California.
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| | Other Articles: Nevada State Route 360: 90000 Junction: Nevada State Route
360, north and east to US Highway 95. | Populated place of Basalt to the south. | Literature Cited: Locations: Montgomery Pass.
| Montgomery Pass
| Literature Cited: Turn off here onto Carson &
Colorado roadbed for Field Trip Stop 5" Overview of Queen Valley and Middle Miocene Faulting in Lee, et al., 2006. Drive along the railroad grade about 1.6 miles and park along a wide pull-out before the old railroad bridge.
| | Literature Cited: Field Trip Stop 4: Intersection of
Queen Valley and Coaldale Faults, or Lee, et al., 2006. | About 1.2 miles west of Montgomery Pass, just east of the new highway bridge, park along the north side of the highway. |
View of upper Queen Valley and the White Mountains to the southeast, and of Glass Mountain to the southwest across Queen Valley.
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the north of the highway are the claims belonging to the Montgomery Pass Project of the Homeland Precious Metals Corporation. This exploration is described as being within the Walker Lane golden corridor.
| | Locations: Queen Valley. This photo
was taken from the Viewpoint. |
| Locations: Montgomery Peak. Boundary Peak.
This photo was taken from the Viewpoint. There are off-highway parking areas on both sides of the highway. Labelled as "Viewpoint" on the Truman Meadows USGS quadrangle map.
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| Literature Cited: At5 9.5 miles northeast of Benton,
there is a dirt road to the southeast. There is also a house on the northwest side of the highway. | This is the turnoff for Field Trip Stop 3: Queen Valley Normal Fault of Lee, et al., 2006. |
Nevada | California |
Queen Valley above … | Benton Valley below …
| Literature Cited: About 4 miles north of Benton, then
about 0.4 mile north on Bramlette Ranch Road, stop and climb to the top of the small hill to the east of the road. | This is Field Trip Stop 2: Queen Valley Thrust Fault, of Lee, et al., 2006. | Literature Cited: Other Articles: California Highway 120: at US Hwy 6 Locations: Benton. | BentonJunction: California Highway 120, east to Lee Vining, and over Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park. |
Benton Valley above … | Hammil Valley below …
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Cross Marble Creek. | |
Cross Lone Tree Creek. | |
Hammil Valley above … | Chalfant Valley below …
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Other Articles: Field Notes: 17-Jul-05 Locations: Chalfant Valley.
Between Bishop and Benton, US Highway 6 passes through the Chalfant Valley, west of the White Mountains.
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| Locations: Owens Valley.
Chalfant Valley above … | Mono County Inyo County Owens Valley below … | Literature Cited: Locations: Chalfant Quarry. Coldwater Canyon.
Junction: Rudolph Road
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On the west side is:
| Other Articles: Jean Blanc Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Jean Blanc Road,
access to Fish Slough. | |
Other Articles: Field Notes: 17-Jul-05 at Laws Locations: Laws.
| LawsLocation of the Laws Railroad Museum. The Highway bypasses the town of Laws. To enter the town you must turn off at Silver Canyon Road.
| Other Articles: Silver Canyon Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: Silver Canyon
Road, turn here for the Laws Railroad Museum. | Also at this intersection is California Historical Landmark No. 230
| Other Articles: 5 Bridges Road: at US Hwy 6 Junction: 5 Bridges Road,
north to Jean Blanc Road, in route to Fish Slough Road. |
| Other Articles: U. S. Highway 395: in Bishop Locations: Bishop. | BishopJunction: US Hwy 395This appears to be the end of US Hwy 6 in California. It has been replaced by California Highway 14, that begins in Inyokern, and ends at the junction with Interstate 5 in San Fernando. | | Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
| | Albers, J. P., and J. H. Stewart. 1972. Geology and mineral deposits of esmeralda county. Bulletin. 78. Reno, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1872. {TAS-pdf} | | Baker, A. A. 1935. Geologic Structure of Southeastern Utah. AAPG Bulletin. 19. Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Billeb, Emil B. 1968. Mining Camp Days. Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1968. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Bureau of Land Management. 2006. San Rafael Motorized Route Designations. Price, Utah 84501: Bureau of Land Management, March 2006. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Driesner, Doug, and Alan Coyner. 2008. Major Mines of Nevada - 2007. Special Publication P-19. Reno, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 2008. {TAS-pdf} | | Kartesz, John Thomas. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno, 1988.. Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Lee, J., Stockli, D., Schroeder, J., Tincher, C., Bradley, D., Owen, L., Gosse, J., Finkel, R., and Garwood, J. 2006. Fault Slip Transfer in the Eastern California Shear Zone – Walker Lane Belt. Kinematics and Geodynamics of Intraplate Dextral Shear in Eastern California and Western Nevada, Mammoth Lakes, California, 21–26 April 2005. Field Trip Guide. 2006. ... | | Reheis, Marith C., Janet L Slate, Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, and Charles E. Meyer. 1993. A late Pliocene to middle Pleistocene pluvial lake in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada and California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 105: 953-967. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Reynolds, Robert E., and David R. Jessey. 2009. Landscape Evolution at an Active Plate Margin. The 2009 Desert Symposium Field Guide and Proceedings. Fullerton and Riverside, Ca: Desert Studies Consortium, California State University and LSA Associates, Inc., April 2009. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Shapiro, Russel S. 2005. Rolling Stones And Dino Bones: Oncoids Of The Cedar Mountain Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Utah (Abstract). Cordilleran Section - 101st Annual Meeting (April 29–May 1, 2005). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 37(4):76. Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Shapiro, Russel S. 2007. Ephemeral Lakes Of The Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Woodside Anticline, Utah. Rocky Mountain Section - 59th Annual Meeting (7–9 May 2007). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 39(5):33. Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Stockli, Daniel F., Trevor A. Dumitru, Michael O. McWilliams, and Kenneth A. Farley. 2003. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the White Mountains, California and Nevada. GSA Bulletin. 115(7):788-816. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
| | Trimble, Stephen. 1989. The Sagebrush Ocean. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. {TAS} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Vrolijk,Peter, Rod Meyers, Michael L. Sweet, Zoe K. Shipton, Ben Dockrill, James P. Evans, Jason Heath, and Anthony Williams. 2005. Anatomy of reservoir-scale normal faults in central Utah: Stratigraphic controls and implications for fault zone evolution and fluid flow. pp. 261-282 in Pedersen, J., and C. M. Dehler. Interior Western United States. Geological Society of America Field Guide 6. 2005. ... Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 6/28/2009 8:23:53 AM |
