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Gold Butte landscape
Mitch FrySeptember 5, 2019Geology 0 comments

The Geology of Gold Butte National Monument

The Geology of Gold Butte National Monument by Steve Rowland Emeritus Professor of Geology, UNLV The most common and conspicuous rocks exposed in Gold Butte National Monument can be lumped into three groups: (1) Jurassic windblown sandstone, (2) Paleozoic marine limestone, and (3) pre-Cambrian granite and metamorphic rocks. Each of these groups is briefly described..

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