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The 1:12,000 scale geologic map of the McDowell Mountains in south-central Arizona, Maricopa County, represents more than 10 years of work by Steve Skotnicki - see figure 1 below. The map area is 184 square kilometers and consists of 13 major groupings of rock units, including 86 individual map units. Most of the rocks are Early and Middle ...
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McDowell Mountains at dusk. The McDowell Mountain Range (Yavapai: Wi:kajasa) is located about twenty miles north-east of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and may be seen from most places throughout the city. The range is composed of miocene deposits left nearly five million years ago.
- United States
- 25 mi (40 km) (NNW x SSE)-curves to southeast
- 4,057 ft (1,237 m)
- East End
Geologic map of the McDowell Mountains. The geologic units and contacts were digitized by volunteers of the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy. FOR A LINK to the digital version of this map, which includes detailed rock unit descriptions: https://tinyurl.com/McD-MTNS-GEOLOGY
- S.J. Skotnicki
- 2018
Geologic folio including two map sheets - 1. geology, 2. landforms - and brief descriptions of climate, setting, flora and fauna, and geologic history.
- G.E. Christenson, D.G. Welsch, T.L. Péwé
- 1978
ArcGIS - Geologic Map of McDowell Mountains v4. Details. Basemap. Print. Measure. Geologic Map of McDowell Mountains v4. Full description here: http://services.azgs.az.gov/arcgis/rest/services/McDowellGeoMap/SKO_McDowell_Skotnicki_GDB_v4/MapServer Web Map by bgootee. Last Modified: October 26, 2016. (0 ratings, 0 comments, 2,822 views)
Skotnicki, S.J., 2018, Geologic Map of the McDowell Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Map, CM-18-B, v 1.0, map scale 1:12,000. Additional Information
structural history of the McDowell Mountains. The goals of the project were threefold: (1) to complete new geologic mapping and to revise and integrate existing maps into a new comprehensive geologic map, (2) to better constrain the stratigraphy of the Proterozoic units, and (3) to analyze the regional, mesoscale,
