Nevada

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Nevada

• Geology in our State

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Minerals in Nevada

• We mine for
• Gold
• Silver
• Copper
• Gypsum
• Lime
• Diatomite
• Limestone
• Perlite
• Magnesite
• Lithium
• Silica
• Oil

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Geology of Nevada

• In this state we have several different types of
  rocks
• Nevada is
• tectonically active

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Great Basin

• Formed from Stretching of Earths crust.
• System of mountains that run north /south and
  valleys. Water drains into this area.
• http//www.nps.gov/grba/naturescience/index.htm
• http//www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/grba/

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Snake Range

• Formed from deposits left by a shallow sea
• Later the mountain was shaped by glaciers
• http//www.nps.gov/archive/grba/parkgeology.htm

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Lake Tahoe

• Formed from falling of fault blocks
• http//ceres.ca.gov/tcsf/tahoe-local/geology.html
• http//www.tahoevacationguide.com/laketahoe.html

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Sierra Nevada Mountains

• The area was originally covered by a shallow sea.
• Due to a convergent plate boundary a magma pool
  formed and hardened into granite which was
  uplifted by faults. Later the mountains had a
  series of volcanic events.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(US)
• http//geology.wr.usgs.gov/parks/province/pacifmt.
  html

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Spring Mountain Range

• Formed from the Keystone Thrust Fault
• http//meganedwards.com/Vegasland/Spring-Mountain-
  State-Park.htm

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Red Rock Canyon

• Was once a shallow sea.
• Area was a desert with sand dunes that petrified
  and oxidized.
• http//www.sunsetcities.com/redrockgeology.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rock_Canyon_Natio
  nal_Conservation_Area

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Valley of Fire

• Formed from sand dunes and wind erosion
  (Abrasion)
• http//www.sunsetcities.com/valleyoffire.html
• http//www.desertusa.com/nvval/du_nvval_desc.html

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Hoover Dam

• Dam made to supply hydroelectric power.
  (Renewable resource)
• Hoover dam is on the Colorado river.
• It formed the man made Lake Mead