0000001707 00000 n Publication type: Report: Publication Subtype: USGS Numbered Series: Title: Geologic map of the Tucson Mountains Caldera, southern Arizona: Series title: IMAP Structural Geology of the Santa Rita Mountains, Southeast of Tucson, Arizona By HARALD DREWES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 748 A description of the abundant and locally complex systems of faults, folds, and structurally controlled intrusives and an analysis of their development trailer General Information. The Tucson Mts. 0000003074 00000 n 0000003122 00000 n 72 0 obj <> endobj 0000002914 00000 n 0000001181 00000 n Brown as its chairman, was established to oversee the park. Saguaro National Park was created as a National Monument in 1933 and later designated a national park in 1994.According to historian David Leighton, Brown Mountain in Tucson Mountain Park, is named in honor of park founder, C.B. 72 27 Sketch Map of the Tucson Mountains supervolcano. 0000015956 00000 n 0000015102 00000 n Geology of the Tucson Mountains General Setting of the Tucson Mountains The Tucson Mountains are one of many relatively small ranges that dot the south-western United States belonging to the Basin and Range Province. Plans for open pit mining there date to 1974 when Anamax first contemplated the investment in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson. 0000020206 00000 n The Santa Catalina Mountains lie to the northeast, the Rincon Mountains are to the east of Tucson, and the Santa Rita Mountains lie to the south. 0000000836 00000 n 0000021586 00000 n The Pima County Parks Commission, with C. B. Publishing Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Series and Number: Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2205 Publication Date: 1993 Map Scale: 1:24,000 Cross Section: Yes North Latitude: 32° 22' 30" N (32.3750) Lipman's map, stratigraphic key and cross sections are available at the National Geologic Map DataBase.
Figure 19. USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) National Geologic Map Database. xref
< Figure 19 maps the chaos unit distribution. The area is popular with hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrians. 0000018599 00000 n
0000011584 00000 n 0000014230 00000 n Unlike what this picture shows, snow is extremely rare in these mountains, especially in the amount seen here. It has everything: geology, climate, desert plants and ecology, past and present cultures, pollination, pack rats, mining, sunsets, and more. The park has approximately 62 miles (100 km) of non-motorized shared-use trails. is one of the favorite natural-cultural history short trips of Tucson. Tucson Mountains and saguaro from the Brown Mountain Trail Title: Geologic map of the Tucson Mountains caldera, southern Arizona Author(s): Lipman, P.W. 1993 | Tucson Mountains | Pima County, Arizona In 1993, Pete Lipman (USGS retired) mapped the geology of the Tucson Mountains.
The dominant vegetation types are desertscrub and desert grassland.The vascular flora is unusually rich with 630 specific and infraspecific taxa in 332 genera and 80 families. 0000010830 00000 n
The foothills south of the Tucson Mountains. The Catalina Mountains are in the background at right. Red Butte is at the right. The Tucson and Amole Mountains are so accessible for visitors to Tucson that it is believed a brief description of the geology and mineral resources of these mountains will prove welcome.
0000003483 00000 n Wasson Peak is the highest point in the Tucson Mountains. 0000017717 00000 n 0000016816 00000 n The Tucson Mountains (O'odham: Cuk Doʼag) are a minor mountain range west of Tucson, Arizona.The Tucson Mountains, including Wasson Peak, are one of four notable mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson Basin.
The Tucson Mountains are a small (about 40,000 hectares) desert range in the Arizona Upland subdivision of the Sonoran Desert in Pima County, southern Arizona. 0000001343 00000 n Most of the rock units were associated with the formation of the Tucson Mountain Caldera about 70 million year ago. Another view of the foothills south of the Tucson Mountains. Beehive Peak is at the center-left, Red Butte is at the far left. 0000001049 00000 n (discussed above) Also shown on geologic map, Figure 30.A basal unit of the volcanic blowout is called the 'chaos' unit, which is a huge thick pile of older rock debris and rhyolite blowout ' breccia ' (broken-up rock) which is seen on the Tucson city (east) side.
This unit includes granites in the Harcuvar and Harquahala Mountains of western Arizona and in the Santa Catalina, Rincon, Tortolita, Picacho, and Coyote Mountains of south-central Arizona. Now, Hudbay plans to proceed with an 0000011773 00000 n 0000012574 00000 n At approximately 20,000 acres (8,100 ha), the park is one of the largest natural resource areas owned and managed by a local government in the U.S. %PDF-1.6 %���� 0000013341 00000 n Brown, Kinney Road the main thoroughfare in the park, is named for Pima County Supervisor, Jack C. Kinney who worked with Brown in the creation of the park and McCain Loop was named for J.C. McCain, the first park ranger. 0000010399 00000 n 0000002324 00000 n 0000003187 00000 n Tucson Mountain Park was established April 1929. Light-colored peraluminous muscovite granite with or without garnet; commonly forms sills and is associated with abundant pegmatite dikes and sills. These ranges are the result of block faulting, which occurred about 10-15 million years ago (MYA), and today are separated by basins 0000019361 00000 n 0000000016 00000 n
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