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SCALE 1: 24 000

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1 0 .5 1 KILOMETER

Geologic Map of the West-Central Buffalo National River Region, Northern Arkansas (East Part)

By

Mark R. Hudson and Kenzie J. Turner

2014

CONTOUR INTERVAL 20 FEET

NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM OF 1929

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Suggested citation: Hudson, M.R., and Turner, K.J., 2014, Geologic map of the west-central 

Buffalo National River region, northern Arkansas: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific 

Investigations Map 3314, 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3314.

ISSN 2329-132X (online)

http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3314

ARKANSAS

MAP LOCATION

APPROXIMATE MEAN

DECLINATION, 2014 TRUE NORTH

MAGNETIC NORTH

7°

(Geologic Map of the West-Central Buffalo National River Region, Northern Arkansas (West Part))

CANEY

HOLLOW

FAULT

CONFEDERATE

FAULT

ZONE

DAVIS

HOLLOW

FAULT

DAVY

CROCKETT

FAULT

DAVY

CROCKETT

FAULT

MCKINNEY

HOLLOW

FAULT

MILL

CREEK

FAULT

MILL

CREEK

FAULT

NORTH

ROCKY

CREEK

FAULT

PILOT

MOUNTAIN

FAULT

RANCH

FAULT

SOUTH

ROCKY

CREEK

FAULT

SOUTH

TOMAHAWK

FAULT

ST

JOE

FAULT ST

JOE

FAULT

ST

JOE FAULT

TOMAHAWK

FAULT

TOMAHAWK

FAULT

WEST

MOUNTAIN FAULT

BAKER

SPRING

MONOCLINE

BAKER

SPRING

MONOCLINE

DAVIS

CREEK

MONOCLINE

SHADDOCK

BRANCH

ANTICLINE

WATER

CREEK

MONOCLINE

YARDELL

MONOCLINE

Geology mapped by M.R. Hudson 2001–2003, M.R. Hudson and K.J. 

Turner 2005–2008, and K.J. Turner and M.R. Hudson 2007–2009.

Base from U.S. Geological Survey: Western Grove, Ark., 1967; St. Joe, Ark., 1967; and 

Maumee, Ark., 1966

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. 1927 North American Datum

10,000-foot grid based on Arkansas coordinate system, north zone

1000-meter Universal Transverse Mercator grid ticks, zone 15

Buffalo National River boundary modified from the U.S. National Park Service, accessed Aug. 

2014, at https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Profile/2210710.

NATIONAL RIVER BOUNDARY

NATIONAL RIVER BOUNDARY

NATIONAL RIVER BOUNDARY

CANE

BRANCH

MONOCLINE

COPPER

MINE

HOLLOW

SYNCLINE

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Scientific Investigations Map 3314

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