Eastern Mojave Vegetation Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation | Utah Highway 21 |
| Tom Schweich |
Topics in this Article: Literature Cited | Utah Highway 21 goes from the Nevada-Utah
border near Baker, Nevada through Milford and Minersville, to Beaver on Interstate 15.
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| Other Articles: NV Highway 487: at Utah border Junction: NV Hwy 487,
northwest past Baker and Great Basin National Park to US Highways 6 and 50. | Nevada above. Utah below. | Locations: Snake Valley.
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Junction: UT Hwy 159, north to US Highways 6 and 50. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050601080 Locations: Snake Range. I think this photo was taken from a point just west of Halfway Summit. The low hills at the left would then be the north end of the Mountain Home Range.
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Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: 161387 Locations: Mountain Home Range.
Mountain Home Range to the southwest. |
| | Halfway SummitHalfway Hills to the north | Warm
Cove to the north | | Other Articles: Swertia albomarginata: 16138810 Locations: Warm Cove Ridge. Warm Cove Ridge to the north, on
the east side of Warm Cove. There is a collection of Swertia albomarginata from a location called "Warm Point Ridge." However, I believe the correct name for the location is Warm Cove Ridge
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 9-Jun-08 near Warm Point Locations: Warm Point. Warm Point to the north. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080609140 |
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Millard County … | Beaver County …
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Desert Range Experimental Station to the north. | The Desert Range Experimental Station (DRES) is managed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). | Other Articles: Ferguson Desert Road: at UT Hwy 21 Locations: Pine Valley. | Pine Valley
| Other Articles: Ferguson Desert Road: at UT Hwy 21 Locations: Pine Valley. Junction: Ferguson
Desert Road, north past Crystal Peak Road, through the Ferguson Desert to US Highway 50.
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Knoll | | Other Articles: Field Notes: 9-Jun-08 west of Wah Wah Summit
View north across Utah Highway 21 at location west of Wah Wah Summit where Swertia albomarginata was found.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 9-Jun-08 west of Wah Wah Summit Swertia albomarginata: Wah Wah Mtns Swertia
albomarginata has been collected 0.7 mile west of Wah Wah Summit.
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| Other Articles: Field Notes: 9-Jun-08 near Wah Wah Summit
Small Mammallaria beside the road, just west of Wah Wah Summit.
| | Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050601070 Locations: Wah Wah Mountains. Wah Wah Summit. | Wah Wah SummitFrom a vantage point just north of the summit is a view of the highway west. Lots of grassland here.
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050601070 Locations: Wah Wah Mountains. Bitterbrush, Junipers, and grassland north of the summit. |
|  Looking west near Wah Wah Summit.
Looking up the hill, to the west, at the location Collection No. 548 was made.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080609120 Location of
Swertia albomarginata along the highway. |
|  Looking east near Wah Wah Summit.
Looking back down the hill, to the east, from where Collection No. 548 was made.
| | Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080609110 Swertia albomarginata: Wah Wah Mtns Locations: Wah Wah Springs. Wah Wah Springs to the south of the highway. | There is a single collection of Swertia albomarginata from Wah Wah Springs.
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Junction: Wah Wah Mines Road |
| Literature Cited: Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050601055 Locations: Wah Wah Mountains. Wah Wah Valley. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050601050 Locations: Frisco. San Francisco Mountains. Main workings at the Frisco mine.
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| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050601050 Locations: Frisco. | FriscoA typical mining town at the foot of the San Francisco Mountains was fed by the fabulously rich horn silver mine. By 1885 over $60,000,000 in zinc, copper, lead, silver, and gold were hauled away by mule train and the Utah Central Railroad. Water was shipped in as well as all supplies. The the mine caved and people moved away, leaving only a few families of the 4,000 population to maintain their homes, stores, school, and church. By the 1920's only memories and the shifting sands were left. Other possible names were: Horn Silver Camp and Silver Desert Camp.
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20050601050 Locations: Frisco. San Francisco Mountains. Bee Hive ovens at Frisco |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: 20080609093 View east
(downslope) to Milford and the Mineral Mountains. |
| Other Articles: Field Notes: June 1st, west from Beaver, UT. Locations: San Francisco Mountains.
Leaving Milford westward the road climbs onto a low mesa, from which the San Francisco Mountains can be seen to the west, and the Pine Valley Mountains can be seen in the distance to the south.
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| Other Articles: Field Notes: June 1st, west from Beaver, UT. Locations: Pine Valley Mountains. |
| Locations: Milford.
| MilfordSince 1950, when Milford's population was at its highest number--1,673 residents--the number of residents has declined steadily--to 1,106 in 1990. Still, the community has a high school, library, Southern Baptist church, Catholic church, and two LDS wards. The Union Pacific Railroad is the community's largest employer. | Other Articles: Thermal Road: at US Hwy 21 Junction: Flat Road, to
Thermal Road and Utah Highway 129. | Thermal Road connects to Jockey Road for access to the southern portion of the Wah Wah Mountains. | Other Articles: Utah Highway 130: at UT Hwy 21 Locations: Minersville.
| MinersvilleMinersville was settled in the spring of 1859 and as of 2000 has a population of 817. Utah Highway 21 approaches from Beaver on the east, pass by Minersville on the north and then turns north towards Milford. Utah Highway 130 passes southward through Minersville on Center Street and continues south through the valley towards Cedar City.Junction: Utah Highway 130, south to Enoch and US Interstate 15 near Cedar City. | Other Articles: Interstate 15: Beaver | BeaverJunction: US I-15, south to Saint George, or north to Salt Lake City. | | Literature CitedA list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
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| Friedrich, Anke M., and John M. Bartley. 2003. Three-dimensional structural reconstruction of a thrust system overprinted by postorogenic extension, Wah Wah thrust zone, southwestern Utah. GSA Bulletin. 115(12):1473-1491. {TAS-pdf} Location records referred to by this literature:
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| Hintze, Lehi F., and Fitzhugh D. Davis. 2002. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WAH WAH MOUNTAINS NORTH 30' x 60' QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE GARRISON 30' x 60' QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWEST MILLARD COUNTY AND PART OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH. Utah Geological Survey, Map 182. Location records referred to by this literature:
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| | Date and time this article was prepared: 6/28/2009 8:24:30 AM |
