NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Prepared as part of the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping

Prepared as part of the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey OPEN-FILE REPORT 06-16
PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FLOWERY PEAK QUADRANGLE, STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA

QUATERNARY DEPOSITS Deposits of the Naturalite Dome Area Tvba Biotite-hornblende andesite flows
Tlb Tlb Qai Qay3 30 25 30 35 55 Tfba
Tfba 20 10 Tcs
Tcs Tcs
Tcs Qai Qay3 25 50
Qnw Welded rhyolite airfall Biotite-hornblende andesite debris flows
30
Tsa Qay3 Tvbd
Anthropogenic Deposits
20 40
Tcs 15
Qtb Tcs 25 Tfra
Tlb 15
20
Tcs Tfa 30 60
20
Qtb Qai Tcs 30 Tgm
Tfba Qau
Qau Qnr Glassy rhyolite Tvpa Pyroxene andesite flows
20 Tgm Tgm
Tlb 45
Tfba
30
25 25 Qt Mine waste and mill tailings (latest Holocene)
Tlb 20
Tfa
Tfd 25 Qai Qnb Rhyolite breccia Tvs Pyroxene andesite flows
30 45

Tfha 20
30 70 10 Jmv Extensively disturbed areas (e.g., gravel pits and
55
25
Jmv
80 Qx
Tcs 40 borrow pits)
Qnt Tuff ring deposits
Rocks of the Silver City Magmatic Suite
40
Tfa
Qay2
30 Qau
40 15
Qai 75
Qao
Eolian Deposits
15 Qau
Tfba Tfd Tfba Qau 70
Qai 45 25 Tsfa Fine-grained andesite
40 Qay2 45
20
45
35
Qai QUATERNARY AND TERTIARY DEPOSITS
Tfra Tsa Qao 30
Qed Eolian Dunes
Tsa Qay
20 35 Tsdu Upper debris flow unit
10
Tfd
25
Tfba 50 QTa Pleistocene to Pliocene alluvium
Qay2 Tfd 15 40
Qai Tfba Tfd
70 35
Tsa
40
32
Ts Qes Eolian sand sheet
Tfba Tfa 35 45 Qao Pyroxene andesite flows
Qay2 Qai 30 Tspa
35
Qao Qay Qay QTs Spring deposits
QTa
35
Qai
40
Ts
Qai Piedmont Alluvial Deposits
15
30
35
60 50 35 Tsd Tsa Silver City andesite flows, undivided
MIOCENE ROCKS
Tsa
Qau 20 45
Tsfa Qay
40
25 40 Tfra 40
30
Tfba 10 Qao 50 Qau Undivided piedmont alluvium
65 Tsd Tsd Undivided debris flows
55 35
15 Tfa Jm Tsa
Tlb Lousetown Basalt
Tsd Qay Qns
30
Tfa
Qau Tfa Kgd Kgd Qns Jms Qay Undivided young piedmont alluvium
40 Tfba Qao 80
30 25 Qai Qao Tsdm Middle debris flow unit
Tfba QTa Tsa Tcs
20 Qai 30 20 Qay Qai QTa 55
Sedimentary rocks of the Chalk Hills
Qay3 Youngest active alluvium (latest Holocene)
20 55
Qay2 Qau 25 35 Tss Qay
Tfba 40 Qai Kgd 20 35 Tsa Tsdb
Tfba
25
Tfra
Tfba
Qai 50 Young active alluvium, (latest to middle Tod Dacite of Occidental Quarry
Tfba Tva Tsfa Qay2
Qau 35
45 20 40 Holocene)
30
Qay2
55
Tfa Tfa Tsa Qay3 Qc
Tsa Tsdl Undivided debris flows
Tfd
Qay
20 50
Qai Qay
Tsd Qao Tgm Young inactive alluvium (middle? Holocene
Qau 60
Qay1 Qay1
Qsp
to latest Pleistocene) Intrusive Rocks
25
30
Tva Qsp
75 Tfd Tsa Qai Tsa Tsa
Qnr Tsha Hornblende andesite flow rock
25 60
Tfha Tsa Qay
Qay3 Kgd
Qau Tsa Tfd
25 20 10 45 Tsa 60 Qao
Qai Alluvial and eolian deposits of the Wyemaha
Tfa Qai Qai Qw
Tfd
25 Tfha Qsp 50 25 10 Alloformation (Morrison, 1964, 1991) (late Pleistocene) Tbhi Biotite-hornblende intrusive rocks
25 Qt Qay1 Tfba 25 Tst Santiago Canyon Tuff
Tfd Qsp Qau Klg 40
10 Qay3
Qai 25 50 25 Qnt Qay
Tsd 15 Qai Qns
30 35
Qao
35
Qai Intermediate-age alluvium (late to middle? Pleistocene)
Rocks of the Flowery Peak Magmatic Suite
35 70
Tfba 25 Tfha Klg Qns
80
20 Qnw 80
Tsa
OLIGOCENE ROCKS
30 40
15 Klg Klg Tsa 75 Qns
Tfa Tfd Tsa Qau Qai 70 10
40
35 Qay
Tfd 5 Qai 20 Qao Old alluvium (middle to early Pleistocene)
Tfba
25
70
50 75 25
40
Tfa Andesites of Flowery Peak, undivided Tgm Guild Mine Member, Mickey Pass Tuff(?)
35
20
15 Qai Qns Qnr 15
45 30
Qc Tsa 20 Tfd 35
Carson River Alluvial Deposits
30
20 Klg Qai Tsfa 35
Andesites of Flowery Peak, undivided
35
Tfba
10 20
Qau 20 60
Tfba 30 Qns 60
Qao
Qns Tsd
PRE-TERTIARY ROCKS
30
30 45 Kqd 75 Tsa
Qay2 Tfd Qnt Qnb
20
Thai QTa 80 Qry Carson River alluvial deposits, undivided (Holocene)
Tsd Thai Qns Tfha Hornblende andesite
Tfd QTa Qai
Tva Klg Klg Leucogranitic rock
50 Active channel and bars of the Carson River
Klg
Qns
Qt Qry4
Tfd Tbhi Tfba
10
Tfd 45 Qay3 (latest Holocene) Tfsa Biotite-hornblende andesite of Sugarloaf
Tfa 20
Thai
35
Tfba Qai Hornblende-biotite quartz diorite to
45 Tsa Qns
Qay1 Tfba 5 Young mud, sand, and gravel deposits of the Kgd granodiorite
Tbhi Qry3
20 Carson River (latest to late Holocene) Biotite-hornblende-pyroxene andesite of
20
Jm
Qns Tfra
Qao Qay Rocky Peak
25 35 Intermediate-age mud, sand, and gravel deposits Jm Metamorphic rocks
Kqd Thai Qay2 Qao Qry2
50 35
Qai
55 of the Carson River (late to middle? Holocene) Biotite-hornblende-pyroxene andesite of
25
Tva Klg Qai Tfba
Tfma
Qau
30
Jm Qai Qay1 Mount Grosh
Thai
Qao Older Carson River alluvial deposits (middle to References
Qay Qry1
20 Tva
Qay2
Qai
35
Qay3 early? Holocene)
Qai Qao Tfd Debris flows with biotite-hornblende andesite clasts
30 Tsa Castor, S.B., Garside, L.J., Henry, C.D., Hudson, D.M., and McIntosh,
Tva
30
Qsp Tfra Hillslope and Mass-Wasting Deposits W,C., 2005, Epithermal mineralization and intermediate volcanism in
Thai Hornblende andesite intrusive rocks the Virginia City area, Nevada, in Rhoden, H.N., Steininger, R.C., and
Tbhi Qay1 Qay1
45 80 Qai Qai Vikre, P.G. (editors), Symposium 2005, Window to the World:
80 15 Qau
Tfra Qay1
Qc Holocene and Pleistocene colluvium Geological Society of Nevada Symposium Proceedings, p. 125-134.
Tfd Tfra
50
Qao
Thai Tfra QlsKg Qay Ts Hornblende andesite intrusive rocks
Tbhi Thai 80 80
Tfra
30
Thai 35
70
Qai Qay2 Qls Landslide deposits Hudson, D.M., 2003, Epithermal alteration and mineralization in the
Thai 30 45 25 Qay1
15
Tvs
75
Comstock District, Nevada: Economic Geology, v. 98, p. 367-385.
Rocks of the Virginia City Magmatic Suite
45
Tfra 75
Tbhi 55 75 Qay1
Tva Thai 60
Qai
Tva Qtb Basalt talus
85 70
Tva
40
Hudson, D.M., Castor, S.B., Garside, L.J., and Henry, C.D., 2003,
Qay1
Tbhi Tbhi
65
Tvs
60
Qau 50 Tvs 45
Qai Tva Virginia City andesites, undivided Preliminary geologic map of the Virginia City Quadrangle, Nevada:
Tbhi
25
Tbhi Qai
Tbhi 80
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 03-15.
Fluvial and Lacustrine Deposits of Lake Lahontan
60 80
70 Kg Qai
Tva 55
Qau 65 70 85
70 50 20
Tvka Andesites of the Kate Peak series
Tbhi QTa Qao Qai Qay1 Morrison, R.B., 1964, Lake Lahontan: Geology of the southern Carson
Thai
85 30
45
55 Qt Qay1 Ql Undivided lacustrine deposits (latest to middle Pleistocene) Desert, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 401, 156
40 Qt
65
Tva
Tvkp Olivine-pyroxene andesite p.
Tva Qay
Tbhi Qau
Tbhi
Tfa Tbhi Qay Tbhi
QTa Qfl Fluvio-lacustrine deposits (late to middle Pleistocene)
Morrison, R.B., 1991, Quaternary stratigraphic, hydrologic, and climatic
35
Qay3
50 Qt Qay3
Qay Qay Tvkbd Biotite-bearing debris flows
Tbhi
history of the Great Basin, with emphasis on Lakes Lahontan,
60

Tbhi Qay3
Bonneville, and Tecopa, in Morrison, R.B., ed., Quaternary nonglacial
Qay
Tfa
20
QTa Qai Other Late Cenozoic Units Tvkb Biotite-hornblende andesite flows
geology: Conterminous U.S.: Geological Society of America, Geology of
Qay QTa 70
Qay Qao Qai
Tbhi Tva 70 North America, v. K-2, p. 26-36.
QTa Qsp Spring deposits (latest Holocene to late Pleistocene)
Qt Tbhi Qc Qay2 Tvkd Andesite debris flows
50
25
30
Tbhi
Qt Tva Schwartz, K.M., and Faulds, J.E., 2002, Preliminary geologic map of
Qt 40 Thai
30
Tvba
Tbhi
QTa the Chalk Hills Quadrangle, Storey County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of
Qay
Tva 60 Qay 30
Qay Tva Mines and Geology Open-File Report 04-11.
Qay1
Qay3
Qao Qay2
15
Qay 15
QTa
25 Silberman, M.L., White, D.E., and Keith, T.E.C., 1979, Duration of
Qay2 Tvpa Qai
80
30 30
Qt hydrothermal activity as Steamboat Springs, Nevada, from ages of
Qay Qao
Qay2 Qay2 30
Tvpa Qao Qay2 Qay3 spatially associated volcanic rocks. U.S. Geological Survey
Qay Tfsa
Professional Paper 458-D, 14 p.
80
Qay1 Qay
Tva Qay1 Qay3
50

Tfsa
70 Qao
Qt 10 Qay2 Qay1 Thompson, G.A., 1956, Geology of the Virginia City Quadrangle,
Tfsa Qao Qw
Tva 85
Tvba Qw Qes
30 Tva Qed Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1042-C, 75 p., 1:52,500 map.
Tvba Qay1
80 15 QTa Qao
Tva Qfl
Qau
20
15 Qes Lacustrine, Spring, and Eolian Other Anthropogenic
Qau Tva Qw Related Deposits Deposits Deposits
15
Qai Piedmont Alluvium Carson River Alluvium Deposits
30
Tva
20 80 40
Qai Qfl ? ?
Qai Tva Qay3 Qry3
Tod 40 Tvpa
Qao Qay2 Qed Qx Qt
Tva Qay

QUATERNARY
Qfl Qay2 Qry4
Tbhi
Qau
Qay2 Qay1 Qed Qay Qry Qry2 Qsp Qes

Holocene
Tbhi
30 Qed
Qay2
Tfd 30 Tvpa Tvba Qay3 Qry1 Qry1
Tva Tbhi 30 25 QTa Qay1 Qx Qay1
Tod 30
70 30 Qx Qay3 Qfl
Tva Tvba Tvba Qay Qay1 Qay2 Qry
Qw
70 45
Qai 45 QTa
30 25
Qay1
Qed
Ql Qtb Qc Qls
25
Qay3 Qay1 Qay2 Qai Qfl
20 35 25
25 Qes Qx
5 Tbhi Qay1
Qay2 Qay1
Tvka 50 Tva
Tvba Ql
Qay2
Tvpa Qay1 Qay1
Qfl

Pleistocene
Qay Qry3
Qai
Tbhi Qai Qes
45 Tfd QTls 20 Qfl Rocks of the Naturalite
Tvba Qay1 Quarry
Qes Qay3
Tvkb 70
Tvbd Qes Qao
30
Qay1
40 Qay1 Qry3
80 Qay3 Qay Qry 3 Qnr Qnb
Tvkb
60
Qay1 Qry
Tvkb Thai Qes Qay2
Qns
Qau Tvba
QTa Qay Qay1 Qay1
40
Qai Thai Qnw Qnt ? ?
QTs Qes Qay3 Qry 3
Tvbd Qai Qed
20 65 Tbhi Qay Qay2 Qx Qw Qw Qfl Qay2
Qau
QTa
20
Thai Qai Qry2

Pliocene
40 Tvba Qay Thai Qay3 Qry1 Qfl
Qes
Tvka Tvba QTs
Qai Qay1 Qry1 QTs
Qw Qfl
20 20
Tbhi Qay Qay
Contact Dashed where approximately located,
20 Qfl
Qay
Qx Qes
40
Thai Qes Qfl short dashes indicate internal contact.
Thai Qai Qw Qay3
Tfma Qes
Tvba 60 Qx Qt Qry1 Qfl
20
Qfl
Qfl
Qfl Tlb ?
Qay1 Qx Fault Dashed where approximately located,
70 Qry2 Qay Intrusive Rocks
40 Qau Qai Tbhi Qay queried where uncertain, dotted where concealed.
Tvbd
Tvba Qc Qw Qfl Qes Tcs
35 QTls Qay1
25
Tvba 10 Qau Tsdu Qry4
QTa
Tsha
Qau Qry2
Tvkp
10
40
Tsha
Qed Tod Lineament
Qay Qes Qfl
30
QTa Qau Qay1 Qfl
Tvbd Tbhi
30 30
Qai Qt
30 Tsdu QTa
Tvba Qai Qai
Tspa Qry3

Flowery Peak Suite

Qau Qai Quartz vein or ledge, some showing dip.
35 40
Qay QTa Qai Qry3 Tfra Tfma
Qau Qc Tfsa
Qry1
Tvba Qai Tsdu Tsha Qao Qry2 Qry1 Qai Tfa Tfba Tfha
Qai Tvba Tspa Qc Tsdu Qay Qay3 Clay vein or clay along fault
Tvbd Tvba Qai Qry1 Qry1
Tvbd Qx Qes Qry3
Tsdu Tfd Thai
a
Qai
35
Tspa Qao
Tvba Qed Alunite vein or ledge solid,
25 20 Qau Qry1 Tsa
QTa Qay Qes dashed where approximately located.
Ts
12 35 5
20 Tspa
Qay
Tvka 35
30
Thai Qes Qay3 Qry2 Qry1
45 30
Tspa QTa Tsha
Qau Qry1 ?
Qc Qry1
Tsdu Qes Qry1 Lacustrine scarp/shoreline, queried where uncertain.
Qry 1 Qry 1 Tsa Tvkp
TERTIARY

Miocene

20 Tvba 35 QTa Qed

Qay Qay2
20 Qay Qfl
Qay Qai Qay Tvkbd
10 Tvbd Qay1 Qry 1
Tvba Tvka Strike and dip of beds
Virginia City Suite

Qry1 Qry 1
Tvkbd 17
Tspa
QTa Qay Qfl
Tvbd
Tspa Qry 1 Tvkb 30
Tva Inclined Horizontal
Qau Tsdu
Qay3 Qry2 Qry2 Qry 1
Qry2 Qai
Tvkd 12
Tsdm Tvkd
Qay
Qay Tsdl Qes Qay Strike and dip of joints
Qry3 Qry3
Qay Tspa Qes
Qay Qay
Tvba Tvbd Inclined
Qay Qay2
QTa
30
Qay Qay3 Tvs
Tvkd Tsdu Qry3
18
QTa
Qay2 Qfl Qry3 Qai Tvpa
Qay2 Qes Qai Strike and dip of foliation in igneous rocks
Tspa QTa Qai
Qfl Qry 1
Tfsa 30
Qai QTa Inclined Vertical
Qc Qry 1 Qry1
Qes Qry4
Qai Tspa Qay2
Silver City Suite

20
Tspa Tsdu Strike and plunge of columnar joints
Tsa Qay 30 Tsdm Tsa
Qry1 Qai
Tvka Qry2 Qes Qay2 Tsbd 50
Tsdm Tsbd
Ql
Qry1 Tsd
Tst
35 Tsdm
Qay
Tsbd Qay Qao
Qai
25
Tsdm Qry1 ? Qao
Tsdl
Tst 30
Tsa Qao
Qay3
35
Qry 1 Qry 1
Qfl Qai Qao
Qao
Tsha
25
30 Qai
Tst
Oligocene

Tgm
TERTIARY

Kgd
PRE

PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE FLOWERY PEAK QUADRANGLE, Jm

Scale 1:24,000
Field work 2002-2005
Geologic mapping was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey
STATEMAP Program (Agreement No. 04-HQ-AG-0032 and
05-HQ-AG-0014)

STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA Adjoining 7.5'

quadrangle names
0 0.5 1 kilometer
DRAFT
Preliminary geologic map.
Has not undergone office or field review.
1 2 3 0 0.5 1 mile Will be revised before publication.
4 5 First Edition.
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 feet Printed by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Stephen B. Castor, P. Kyle House, and Donald M. Hudson 6 7 8

CONTOUR INTERVAL 40 FEET

Digital geologic compilation by P. Kyle House, Stephen B.
Castor, and Jennifer Mauldin
Cartography by Jennifer Mauldin
1 Steamboat

2006 2 Chalk Hills

3 Martin Canyon
4 Virginia City Base map:
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
University of Nevada, Mail Stop 178
Reno, Nevada 89557-0088
5 Misfits Flat U.S. Geological Survey Flowery Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, 1985 (775)784-6691, ext. 2
6 New Empire Universal Transverse Mercator projection, www.nbmg.unr.edu, nbmgsales@unr.edu
7 Dayton
8 Como
1927 North American Datum This map was printed on an electronic plotter directly from digital files. Dimensional
calibration may vary between electronic plotters and X and Y directions on the same
plotter, and paper may change size due to atmospheric conditions; therefore, scale
and proportions may not be exact on plots of this map.