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Outrider cabin plastered on the inside but in poor repair. I sheltered there in a flash flood, once. 'Located at Nevada Governors Spring, to the left, off camera and down a slope. The natural spring has been destroyed by mustangs (feral horses) though attempts to fence it off have been made. The valley is occasionally still used as grazing land under grazing permits auctioned by the BLM to the big corporate ranches (probably Fish Creek). During those periods, the Ranch hands drop off a water tank up the road or near NV379 for the cattle to drink from, while also supporting wildlife and 'mustangs'.
Silicified Devonian limestone (jasper) in foreground. The ridge visible through the stream gap in the middle of the photo is Joana Limestone and, I believe, the complete Pilot sequence based on poorly preserved gastropods that are duplicates of the section at Red Ridge noted by Poole and Sandberg (1978?). This complex appears to have been altered in the Early Tertiary time though its time relationship with the ?Paleocene Sheep Pass nearby is not obvious.
Diamond Peak conglomerate. The Ely Limestone is missing as this is the upright, west-dipping overturned syncline. The fold axis runs along the ridgetop behind this hill. The reddish hue might be the result of Paleocene weathering.
Medial to Late Devonian Devils Gate limestone ridge. Slight buff color on the left is a small hogback of the overlying lower (Late Devonian) member of the Pilot Shale capped with part of the Mississippian Joana Limestone. A oblique ?left lateral normal fault is at the base of the grey hill. The photographer is standing on Chainman Shale, covered with alluvium on the down-dropped side of the fault. Thus the rocks of the hill also lie underneath the feet of the photographer. This is across the valley from most of the other shots in this series.
The prominent peak is composed of a chaotically bedded monolithologic breccia consisting of fragments of Middle to Late Devonian limestone and dolomite. It is sitting on an erosion surface of Early Tertiary, probably Paleocene age on strongly weathered and oxidized (red stained) Mississippian Chainman Shale. On the back side of the hill, the breccia unit is overlain by Sheep Pass Unit B limestone deposited in a high altitude lake. The distant ridge on the right is Jasperized Devonian-Mississippian carbonate and Missippian clastics. The photo is taken on poorly exposed sandstones lying below Diamond Peak Fm. conglomerates that form a ridge off camera to the right and behind the view.
Thanks for your comment. Most holes in Saguaros are made by birds. I don't think these are. Making faces in Saguaros seems to be treated as a sport by some people.
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Outrider cabin plastered on the inside but in poor repair. I sheltered there in a flash flood, once. 'Located at Nevada Governors Spring, to the left, off camera and down a slope. The natural spring has been destroyed by mustangs (feral horses) though attempts to fence it off have been made. The valley is occasionally still used as grazing land under grazing permits auctioned by the BLM to the big corporate ranches (probably Fish Creek). During those periods, the Ranch hands drop off a water tank up the road or near NV379 for the cattle to drink from, while also supporting wildlife and 'mustangs'.
Silicified Devonian limestone (jasper) in foreground. The ridge visible through the stream gap in the middle of the photo is Joana Limestone and, I believe, the complete Pilot sequence based on poorly preserved gastropods that are duplicates of the section at Red Ridge noted by Poole and Sandberg (1978?). This complex appears to have been altered in the Early Tertiary time though its time relationship with the ?Paleocene Sheep Pass nearby is not obvious.
Diamond Peak conglomerate. The Ely Limestone is missing as this is the upright, west-dipping overturned syncline. The fold axis runs along the ridgetop behind this hill. The reddish hue might be the result of Paleocene weathering.
Medial to Late Devonian Devils Gate limestone ridge. Slight buff color on the left is a small hogback of the overlying lower (Late Devonian) member of the Pilot Shale capped with part of the Mississippian Joana Limestone. A oblique ?left lateral normal fault is at the base of the grey hill. The photographer is standing on Chainman Shale, covered with alluvium on the down-dropped side of the fault. Thus the rocks of the hill also lie underneath the feet of the photographer. This is across the valley from most of the other shots in this series.
The prominent peak is composed of a chaotically bedded monolithologic breccia consisting of fragments of Middle to Late Devonian limestone and dolomite. It is sitting on an erosion surface of Early Tertiary, probably Paleocene age on strongly weathered and oxidized (red stained) Mississippian Chainman Shale. On the back side of the hill, the breccia unit is overlain by Sheep Pass Unit B limestone deposited in a high altitude lake. The distant ridge on the right is Jasperized Devonian-Mississippian carbonate and Missippian clastics. The photo is taken on poorly exposed sandstones lying below Diamond Peak Fm. conglomerates that form a ridge off camera to the right and behind the view.
Wow, wish I had seen this while I was in that canyon last month!
ke terrenos tan bonitos de sanjuan
Thanks for your comment. Most holes in Saguaros are made by birds. I don't think these are. Making faces in Saguaros seems to be treated as a sport by some people.
Thank you for the great information. It makes it more interesting!
tierra de originarios verdaderos duenhos de estas tierras