Northern Plomosa Mountains - Bouse Formation, La Paz County, Arizona - November 2015
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Field trip participants gathered at Bouse Fisherman parking lot in the Northern Plomosa Mountains
(Photo provided by Mike Conway)
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Dan Laux, Stan Keith and Drago Enjoy the sunny Saturday morning in the Northern Plomosa Mountains
(Photo provided by Nyal Niemuth)
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Geologic Map Showing Major Copper, Gold and Manganese Deposits associated with detachment faults in west-central Arizona (Photo provided by Mike Conway)
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Stop 2 in Northern Plomosa Mountains - Barite and Manganese Oxide Veins and Disseminated Manganese Oxides
(Photo provided by Nyal Niemuth)
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Northern Plomosa Mountains Stop 2 - Tilted Tertiary Conglomerates in the Northern Plomosa Mountains
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Nyal Niemuth and Jon Spencer prepare for Arizona Mining Review Video
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Northern Plomosa Mountains Stop 4 - Basal Miocene Conglomerate
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Northern Plomosa Mountains Stop 4 - Jon Spencer with a Geologic Map of the Northern Plomosa Mountains
(Photo provided by Nyal Niemuth)
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Phil Pearthree discusses the geological setting of the Bouse Formation
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Bouse Formation Stop 1 Traverse: Jordon Bright discusses freshwater oxygen isotope signature and textural descriptions of the Bouse Formation (Photo provided by Dave Wahl)
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Bouse Formation Stop 1 Traverse - Field trip participants examine interbedded marl and claystone in the Bouse Formation
(Photo provided by Mike Conway)
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Bouse Formation Stop 1 Traverse - Fine lacustrine sediments of the Bouse Formation with lenses of coarser conglomeratic debris
(Photo provided by Nyal Niemuth)
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Bouse Formation Stop 1 Traverse - Bioclastic limestone horizon within the Bouse Formation
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Bouse Formation Stop 1 Traverse - JJ and Jimmy pose in front of soft sediment deformation - truncated beds - in the Bouse Formation (Photo provided by Dave Wahl)
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Bouse Formation Stop 3 - Basal tuffa beds in the Bouse Formation
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Bouse Formation Stop 3 - Basal Bouse Carbonate to the north of I-10 at Metate manganese deposits
(Photo provided by Dave Wahl)