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3.1–3.5 Ma

I

13.2 Ma

G

8.9 Ma

D

8.45 Ma

E

8.87 Ma

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~9 Ma 

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4.5 Ma

M

22.57 Ma

J

22.58 Ma

K

22.52 Ma

L

~22 Ma

A

~24.8 Ma

B 

22.8 Ma

N

13.52 Ma

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Tog

Tok

Ttr Ttr

Ttl

Ttg

Qai

Ttl

Oes

Oes

Oes

Oe

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Opg

Op

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Opn

Op

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Qai

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Opa Opg

Opn

Opg

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Qay

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Opa

Opa

Opn

nd

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nd

Qayo

Opn

Opn Opg

Opa

Tnix

Qai

Qai

Qao

Tfg

Tfg Qai

Tnlx

Tfg

Tnm

Tfu

Qai

Qai

Qai

Qao

Tft

Qai

Qai

Tfg

Tfg

Tfg

Qai

Qai

Tfu

QTa

Qao Tf

Qay

QTf

Qc

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Ttc

Qai

Qai

QTa

Qay

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wu

Qai

Qao

Qai

Qai

Tfu

Tfu

Tfg

Qai af

Qai

Tnlx

Tnlx Op Op

Oe Tnix

ns

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Opg

Oe

Oe

Oe

Oe

Oes

Opg

Qay

Qay

Opg

Oes

Oes

bbu

nd

Opg

Opn

Opn

ns

ns

ns

Oes

Opa

Oes

Qay

Ttg

c

Qao

bbl Qay Qay

Qay

Zsc

z c

Zsc

Zsd

Qay

Zsc

Zsd

Zsd

Zsd

Zsb

Zsb

Zsb

Qc

Op

Qay

bbu

nh

QTa

Qai

Qai

Qayo

Tnm

Tfc

Tfu

Oes

Opg

Oe Oe

Oes

Zsd

Zsd

Zse

Zsb

Zsb

Qc

15

16

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11

13

6

9

9

10 11

12

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9

7

7 13

13 13

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L E E S C A M P A N T I C L I NE

L EE S

C A M P

A

N

T I C

L I N

E

SCHWAUB

PEAK

THRUST

CLERY THRUST

S TAT E L I N E

FA U LT

C

E

N

T

R

A

L

D

E

AT

H

V

A L L E Y FA

U LT

A

B

C

A' D B'

C'

E

D'

E'

Alluvial deposits in annually active channels (late Holocene)

Alluvial deposits in recently active channels (Holocene)

Playa sediments (Holocene)

Colluvial deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene) 

Marl (Holocene and Pleistocene)

Landslide deposits (Holocene and Pleistocene) 

Alluvial deposits in recent low terraces (middle and early Holocene)

Alluvial deposits in mid-level terraces (late Pleistocene)

Alluvial deposits in high terraces (Pleistocene)

Old alluvial deposits (early Pleistocene and late Pliocene)

Landslide deposits (early Pleistocene and late Pliocene)

Funeral Formation (lower Pleistocene to Pliocene)

Basalt (4.5 Ma, Pliocene), hachure pattern indicates oxidized vent areas

Travertine (Pliocene)

Playa and playa margin rocks of Furnace Creek basin (Pliocene to upper Miocene)

Upper claystone (Pliocene)

Upper and middle conglomerates (Pliocene)

Gypsum-rich member (Pliocene)

Rock-fall breccias (lower Pliocene to upper Miocene)

Giant-block breccias (lower Pliocene to upper Miocene)

Basal conglomerate (upper Miocene)

Basalt

Pyroclastic deposits

Upper member

Middle member

Lower member

Sedimentary part

Volcanic part

Alluvial

Playa

Rock-avalanche breccias

Giant-block landslide breccias

Rocks of Billie Mine (middle Miocene)

Sandstone member

Conglomerate member

Kelleys Well Limestone (middle Miocene)

SURFICIAL DEPOSITS

PRE-TERTIARY UNITS

SYN-BASIN-RANGE SEQUENCE

Titus Canyon Formation, undivided (early Miocene to Oligocene)

Red sandstone member (early Miocene)

Limestone member (early Miocene to Oligocene)

Conglomerate member (Oligocene) 

Perdido Formation (Mississippian)

Tin Mountain Limestone (Mississippian)

Ely Springs Dolomite (Ordovician)

Eureka Quartzite (Ordovician)

Pogonip Group, undivided (Ordovician)

Antelope Valley Limestone

Ninemile Formation

Goodwin Limestone

Nopah Formation, undivided (Cambrian)—shown only on cross sections

Smoky and Halfpint Members, undivided

Smoky Member

Halfpint Member

Banded Mountain Member

Upper part

Papoose Lake Member

Carrara Formation (Cambrian)

Zabriskie Quartzite (Cambrian)

Wood Canyon Formation, undivided (Cambrian and Neoproterozoic)—

 shown only on cross sections

Stirling Quartzite (Neoproterozoic)

Lower member (Neoproterozoic)

Johnnie Formation (Neoproterozoic)

E member

D member

C member

B member

Lower part (A member)

Middle member (Neoproterozoic)

Lower part

Bonanza King Formation, undivided (Cambrian)—shown only on cross sections

BADWATER ASSEMBLAGE (lower Pleistocene to Pliocene) 

FURNACE CREEK ASSEMBLAGE (upper Pliocene to upper Miocene)

Furnace Creek Formation (upper Pliocene to upper Miocene)

Greenwater Volcanics (middle Pliocene to upper Miocene)

Artist Drive Formation (Miocene)

Bat Mountain Formation (middle Miocene)

LIST OF MAP UNITS

NAVADU ASSEMBLAGE, undivided (upper to middle Miocene; about 6.5 to 12 Ma)—

 shown only on cross sections

OWLSHEAD ASSEMBLAGE, undivided (middle Miocene; ≈12 to 14.5 Ma)—

 shown only on cross sections

Dunderberg Shale Member

Upper member (Cambrian)

PRE-BASIN-RANGE SEQUENCE

TITUS CANYON ASSEMBLAGE (early Miocene to Oligocene)

Upper part, undivided—shown only on cross sections

Kingston Peak Formation (Mesoproterozoic)—shown only on cross sections

Surficial deposits, undivided (Holocene to upper Miocene)—shown only on cross sections

Upper member

Middle member—shown only on cross sections

Lower member—shown only on cross sections

Artist Drive Formation equivalent (Miocene)

Artificial fill (late Holocene) 

Fault breccia

Qayy

Qay

Qp

Qc

Qm

Qls

Qayo

Qai

Qao

QTa

QTx

QTf

Tby

Tft

Tf

Tfu

Tfcu

Tfg

Tfrx

Tflx

Tfc

Tfb

Tfp

Tnu

Tnm

Tnl

Tnb

Tng

Tnp

Tnrx

Tnlx

Tos

Toss

Tog

Tok

Op

Opa

Opn

nc

ns

nh

nd

bb

bbu

bbl

bp

c

z

wu

Zwm

Zwl

Zse

Zsd

Zsc

Zsb

Zsa

Zju

Ttl

Ttg

Mp

Mt

Lost Burro Formation (Devonian)

DSh Hidden Valley Dolomite (Devonian and Silurian)

Dl

Oes

Oe

Ttc

Ttr

To

Opg

b

Zjm

Zjl

Yk

Zseb

QTac

Zw

Tn

n

af

Tnix

Contact—Dashed where approximately located

Key bed

Giant clast boundary within megabreccias

Faults—Dashed where approximately located; dotted where concealed; small 

red arrow shows direction and angle of dip

Strike-slip fault—Arrows show relative motion. In cross sections, 

A indicates movement away from observer, T indicates movement 

toward observer

Normal fault—Ball and bar on apparent downthrown side 

Thrust fault—Sawteeth on upper (tectonically higher) plate

Detachment fault—Hachures on upper plate

Landslide scarp—Hachures point down scarp

Fold trace—Long-dashed where approximately located; dotted where 

concealed 

Anticline—Large arrowhead indicates plunge direction

Overturned anticline

Syncline—Large arrowhead indicates plunge direction

Horizontal bedding

Inclined bedding—Showing strike and dip

Vertical bedding—Showing strike

Overturned bedding—Showing strike and dip

Spring

Well—Well used for collection of water data

Sample—40Ar/39Ar age Ma (millions of years ago); see table 1 in pamphlet

65

40

57

INYO

BLM #1

Navel

Spring

N

13.52 Ma

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Tflx (Cb)

Tflx (DSh)

Tflx (Oe)

Tflx (Oes)

Tflx (Op)

Tnlx (Cb)

Tnlx (Cbb)

Tnlx (Cn)

Tnlx (Cnd)

Tnlx (DSh)

Tnlx (Oe)

Tnlx (Oes)

Tnlx (Op)

Tnlx (Opa)

Tnlx (Opg)

Tnlx (Opn)

Numbers are used instead of unit 

symbols where space is limited.

SECTION

A–A’

Tf

FUNERAL MOUNTAINS DETACHMENT FAULT

Zseb

Zsa

Zseb

Zseb

Zsa

Zju

Zsa

Zsa

Zwl

Zju

Zsa

Zseb

n n b n

Zw

z

z

c

bp

Zjm

Zjl

Zw

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Zw c

c

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n n

b

c

Op Op Tn

Dsh

Oes Oe

Oe Dsh

Oe

Oe

Oes Oes

Oes Oes

Op

Op Oe Op Op Op

Op

Oes

Oes

Oe

Oe

Op

Dsh

Dsh

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n

n

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Zw

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Zseb

Zsa

QTac

QTac

Dl

Dl

Dsh

Ttc

Ttc

To

Tn

To

To

Ttc

Ttc

Ttc

Dl

Dsh

Dsh

n

b

c

z

c

z

Zseb

Zsa

QTac Tn

Dsh

z Zw

 SCHWAUB PEAK THRUST

 PYRAMID PEAK FAULT

CLERY THRUST

CLERY THRUST

OPERA HOUSE DETACHMENT FAULT AT DEPTH

Zju

Zw

Tnix QTac

Tnix

Ttc 1000

SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL

1000

2000

3000

1000

2000

3000

SECTION

B–B’

SECTION

C–C’

b

No vertical exaggeration

Some surficial units undivided or not shown

Many bedrock units are shown as undivided on cross section only

No vertical exaggeration

Some surficial units undivided or not shown

Many bedrock units are shown as undivided on cross section only

No vertical exaggeration

Some surficial units undivided or not shown

Many bedrock units are shown as undivided on cross section only

No vertical exaggeration

Some surficial units undivided or not shown

Many bedrock units are shown as undivided on cross section only

No vertical exaggeration

Some surficial units undivided or not shown

Many bedrock units are shown as undivided on cross section only

BAT MOUNTAIN

Zsa

Zsa

Zju

Zjm

Zjl

Zseb

Zseb

Yk

Zseb

Zw

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Tn

To

Ttc

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Zw

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DSh

Oes

Oe

Ttc

Tn

Tn Tf?

To

To

Ttc

QTac

QTac

QTac

OPERA HOUSE DETACHMENT FAULT AT DEPTH

?

Op

Op

?

?

CLERY THRUST

SCHWAUB PEAK 

 THRUST

PYRAMID PEAK FAULT

Zw

Zw

?

SECTION

B–B’

SECTION

C–C’

Oe

F U N E R A L M O U N TA I N S D E TA C H M E N T FA U LT

QTac

QTac

Tfcu

Tf Tf Tnm Tfb

Tnl

Tnl

Tnu

Tnm

Tfc

Tfb Tfb Tnu Tnu

Tnm

Tnb

Tn

Tnix

Ttc

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Oes

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Op

Tn

n

n

b

Tn

QTac

Ttc

Ttc

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n?

Tn Oes?

Oe?

 PYRAMID PEAK FAULT

FURNACE CREEK FAULT

A T

?

GRAND VIEW FAULT

Op?

D

U

FUNERAL

MOUNTAINS

DETACHMENT

FAULT

QTac Furnace Creek

SCHWAUB PEAK250M TO SOUTHEAST

1000

AMARGOSA RIVER

SEA LEVEL

1000

2000

C

METERS

2000

1000

SEA LEVEL

1000

2000

C’

METERS

2000

A

A

T

T

A

T

A T

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T

Tnl

Tnu Tfc

Tfc

Tfb Tf Tf Tf

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Tnu

Tnm

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Tfcu

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QTf

Tf

Tfcu Tfcu

Tfc

Ttc

Tnlx

z

Zw

Zw

Zw

b

Zseb

z Zsa

Zju

Zjm

Zjl

Zsa

Zju

FUNERAL MOUNTAINS 

FURNACE CREEK

FAULT ZONE

 

 GRAND VIEW FAULT

Tnix

Tnm

 DETACHMENT FAULT

2000

1000

1000

2000

METERS

Bʹ

Zsa

E

METERS

2000

E’

METERS

2000

1000 1000

SEA LEVEL

1000

2000

3000

D

METERS

2000

SEA LEVEL

1000

2000

3000

D’

METERS

2000

1000

A T

A T

A A T

T

A T

QTac A T

Tnm

2000

1000

1000

2000

METERS

2000

1000

1000

2000

METERS

FUNERAL MOUNTAINS DETACHMENT FAULT

CENTRAL DEATH VALLEY FAULT

FURNACE CREEK FAULT

INYO

TSS-1

Tft

QTf

QTac

QTf Tfg

Tnu

Tnm

Tfcu

Tfg

Tf

Tf Tf Tfcu Tfu Tft QTf Tft Tf Tfu

Tfcu

Tfcu

Tf

Tf

Tfcu

Tfc Tn

Ttc

Ttc

b

b

c

c z

z

Zw

Zseb

Zseb

Zju

Zsa

Zju

Zjm

Zjl

E–Eʹ 

SECTION

E–Eʹ 

SECTION

D–Dʹ 

SECTION

A T

A T A T

A T

A T

A T

A

T

A

T

A Aʹ

Tfc

INYO

EC-1

Zseb

2000

1000

1000

2000

METERS

B

INYO

BLM #2

INYO

BLM #1

E–Eʹ 

SECTION

D–Dʹ 

SECTION

QTacFurnace Creek

TEXAS SPRING SYNCLINE

SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL SEA LEVEL

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SOUTHERN FUNERAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING NEARBY GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE SITES IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA

By

C.J. Fridrich, R.A. Thompson, J.L. Slate, M.E. Berry, and M.N. Machette

2012

117° 116°45’ 116°30’ 116°15’

36°30’

36°15’

BEATTY 

JUNCTION

NEVARES 

PEAK

LEES 

CAMP LEELAND

SOUTH OF 

AMARGOSA

VALLEY

SKELETON 

HILLS

WEST OF 

FURNACE 

CREEK

FURNACE 

CREEK

ECHO 

CANYON

 EAST OF 

 ECHO 

CANYON

FRANKLIN 

 WELL

DEVILS 

 HOLE

 DEVILS 

SPEEDWAY

 DEVILS 

 GOLF 

COURSE

RYAN EAST OF EAST OF 

 RYAN

 DEATH 

 VALLEY 

JUNCTION

 BOLE 

SPRING

Wright and Troxel, 1993

Cemen,

McAllister, 1970 1983

McAllister, 1971

McAllister, 1973

Index to sources of previously published 1:24,000-scale bedrock geologic

maps within the map area (yellow).

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP 3151

Pamphlet accompanies map

CALIFORNIA

MAP LOCATION

NEVADA

NEOPROTEROZOIC

MESOPROTEROZOIC

QUATERNARY

TERTIARY

PALEOZOIC

Holocene

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Mississippian

Devonian

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Unconformity Unconformity

VOLCANIC

MAINLY SEDIMENTARY FILL OF

THE FURNACE CREEK BASIN

SEDIMENTARY FAULT

BRECCIAS

ROCKS OF FUNERAL MOUNTAINS

Unconformity

Toss

Tog

Tok

To

?

Tn Tng Tnp Tnrx Tnlx Tnix

Qayo

Qai

Qay

Qao

QTa

QTf

Tf

Qp

QTx

Tft

Tfu

Qc

Tfcu

Tfc

Tfrx

Qm

Tflx

?

Qls

Qayy

QTac

Tnu

Tnm

Tnl

Tby

Tfb

Tnb

Tfp

Ttc

Ttr

Ttl

Ttg

Mp

Mt

Dl

DSh

Oes

Oe

Op

Opa

Opn

Opg 

nc

nd

bb

bp 

c

z

wu

Zwm

Zwl

Zse

Zsd

Zsc

Zsb

Zsa

Zju

ns

nh

bbu

bbl

n

b

Zw

Zseb

Zjm

Zjl

Yk

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Tos

af

Tfg

CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS

SURFICIAL DEPOSITS

APPROXIMATE MEAN

DECLINATION, 2012

0

0

25 50 MILES

25 50 75 KILOMETERS

118° 38°15’

37°

36°

35°

38°15’ 115° 117° 116°

38°

Las

Vegas

MAP

AREA

NEVADA

TEST

SITE

DEATH VALLEY DEATH VALLEY

NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARK

DEATH VALLEY

NATIONAL PARK

CA

NEVADA

LIFORNIA

CALI

NEVADA

FORNIA

Projection and 10,000-meter grid, zone 11

Universal Transverse Mercator

25,000-foot ticks based on California 

coordinate system, zones 4 and 5

and Nevada coordinate system, east, west, 

and central zones.

North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27)

Base from U.S. Geological Survey,

1:100,000 DLG and DEM data, 1999.

95

395

95 6

15

178

Death

Valley

Pahrump

Death

Valley 

Junction

LINCOLN

COUNTY

NYE

ESMERALDA COUNTY

COUNTY

CLARK

COUNTY

SAN BERNARDINO

COUNTY

INYO

COUNTY

KERN

COUNTY

Beatty

Amargosa Valley

Tonopah

YUCCA MTN

373

CALIF.

MAP AREA

NEVADA

APPROXIMATE MEAN

DECLINATION, 2012

Regional map showing location of map area.

Area of

geologic map

STATELINE FAULT STATELINE FAULT

?

OPERA HOUSE OPERA HOUSE 

DETACHMENT DETACHMENT 

FAULT

NORTHERN DEATH VALLEY FAULT NORTHERN DEATH VALLEY FAULT

EASTERN DIP SLOPE LIMIT OF EASTERN DIP SLOPE LIMIT 

OF 

FUNERAL MOUNTAINS FUNERAL 

MOUNTAINS

?

CENTRAL CENTRAL

DEATH

VALLEY

FAULT

GRAND VIEW FAULT GRAND VIEW FAULT

DEATH

VALLEY

PANAMINT PANAMINT

RANGE

ASH MEADOWS

AMARGOSA VALLEY 

BASIN

FUNERAL FUNERAL

MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINS

MOUNTAINS MOUNTAINS

BLACK

FURNACE CREEK BASIN FURNACE CREEK BASIN

FURNACE CREEK FAULT FURNACE CREEK FAULT

Opera House Opera House 

Basin

117° 116°45’ 116°30’ 116°15’

36°30’

36°15’

0 5

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

10 MILES

NYE CO

INYO CO

CALIFORNIA

NEVADA

Figure 1. Landsat 7 satellite image of southern Funeral Mountains area, California and Nevada, showing location of map area and major physiographic features and structures. This image is a 

false-color composite, which combines bands 7 (SWIR, 2.09–2.35 μm), 4 (near-IR, 0.77–0.90 μm), and 2 (Green, 0.52–0.60 μm) and displays them as red, blue, and green, respectively. Latitude 

and longitude ticks, and scale are approximate.

?

?

N

CALIFORNIA

EVADA

LEES CAMP ANTICLINE

LEES CAMP LEES CAMP ANTICLINE ANTICLINELEES CAMP ANTICLINE

FUNERAL MOUNTAINS DETACHMENT FAULT FUNERAL MOUNTAINS DETACHMENT FAULT

FUNERAL MOUNTAINSFUNERAL MOUNTAINS

 METAMORPHIC METAMORPHIC 

 CORE COMPLEX CORE COMPLEX

FUNERAL MOUNTAINS

 METAMORPHIC 

 CORE COMPLEX

TEXAS SPRING SYNCLINE 

SCHWAUB PEAK THRUST

CLERY THRUST

FURNACE CREEK FAULT ZONE

FURNACE CREEK FAULT ZONE

36 ̊33’30” 116 ̊52’30” 116 ̊45’ 116 ̊37’30” 116 ̊30’ 116 ̊22’30”

36 ̊30’

36 ̊22’30”

36 ̊26’30”

36 ̊18’30”

CENTRAL DEATH VALLEY FAULT

24.8

22.8

8.9

9

22.6

22.5

3.1–3.5 8.5

8.9

4.5

13.2

22.6

13.5 

Nevares

Spring 

Cow

Creek

Seeps 

Salt

Springs

Texas

Spring

Travertine

Springs

Navel

Spring

Modern

Seep

PLEISTOCENE GROUND-WATER DISCHARGE MOUND 

PLEISTOCENE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE MOUND

≈22

PYRAMID PEAK FAULT

U D

D

U

D

U

RED

AMPHITHEATRE

Amargosa

River

Figure 2. Simplified geologic map showing major structures in the map area, along with key hydrogeologic features. Exposures of the different Cenozoic assemblages are shown along 

with 40Ar/39Ar age determinations.

STATELINE 

LONGSTREET

FAULT

FAULT

Area of

geologic map 

A

B

E

F

J

K

C

D

G

H

I

L

M

N

?

EXPLANATION

Bedrock outline

Folds—Dashed where approximately located

 Anticline

 Syncline

 Overturned anticline

Faults—Dashed where approximately located;

 dotted where concealed

 Normal fault—Bar and ball on hanging wall

 Detachment fault—Teeth on upper plate

 Thrust fault—Sawteeth on upper plate

 Oblique-slip fault—Bar and ball on hanging wall

 Quaternary dome—Dashed outline shows

 approximate limit

Sample location and 40Ar/39Ar age in millions of years

Spring

24.8 A

Surficial deposits

Badwater Assemblage

Furnace Creek Assemblage

Navadu Assemblage

Owlshead Assemblage

Titus Canyon Assemblage

Paleozoic carbonate

 aquifer rocks

Neoproterozoic clastic

 confining unit rocks

Tectonically denuded

 metamorphic rocks

Fault breccia

0 5

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

10 MILES

Geologic mapping by Fridrich (2001–2005), Thompson 

(mainly from 1998 to 2002), and Machette (2002)

Digital database prepared by D. Paco Van Sistine, Lindsay 

Hazen, and Thomas Adamson (2008–2012)

Editing and digital cartography by Lisa Ramirez Rukstales

Denver Publishing Service Center

Manuscript approved for publication February 7, 2011

Base from U.S. Geological Survey Death Valley Junction and Beatty 30’ × 60’ 

quadrangles, 1986

Projection and 10 000-meter grid: Universal Transverse Mercator, zone 11

North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27)

25 000-foot grid ticks based on California coordinate system zone 4, and Nevada 

coordinate system, central zone

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Suggested citation:

Fridrich, C.J., Thompson, R.A., Slate, J.L., Berry, M.E., and Machette, M.N., 2012, Geologic map of the 

southern Funeral Mountains including nearby groundwater discharge sites in Death Valley National Park, 

California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3151, 20-p. pamphlet, 1 sheet, 

scale 1:50,000.

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