Kern River Roof Pendant Geology

The bena submarine fan was deposited about 25 to 12 million years ago probably by the kern river predecessor fig.

Kern river roof pendant geology.

To the east is owens valley and to the west is the kern river valley. The geology within the monument consists of four major geologic groups. Upstream from lake isabella the kern river flows north south following the kern canyon fault fig. It reaches its maximum thickness of 800 m 2 600 ft in the subsurface west of the outcrop.

It is the ninth highest peak in the state and the seventh highest in the sierra. In structural geology a roof pendant. Potential for metallic mineral deposits in the mineral king roof pendant area is high. The kern river formation crops out in a crescent shaped belt about 80 km 50 mi long and up to 20 km 12 mi wide.

This structural control on the upper reaches of the kern river limits the reliability of relief ratio as an indicator of tectonic activity. Longitudinal profiles of trunk streams. T he kern river basin is uplifting at a steady 5mm per year. The modern sierra is aged at 2 to 40 million years of age depending on which geologist you ask.

An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Mount whitney the highest peak in the contiguous united states lies 4 8 miles 7 7 km to the northwest. Uranium mining in arizona has taken place since 1918. State of california approximately 165 miles 270 km long it drains an area of the southern sierra nevada mountains northeast of bakersfield fed by snowmelt near mount whitney the river passes through scenic canyons in the mountains and is a popular destination for whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Prior to the uranium boom of the late 1940s uranium in arizona was a byproduct of vanadium mining of the mineral carnotite. 4 exiting more or less at modern day walker creek. Uranium was discovered in 1954 in the sierra nevada of kern county along the kern river about 30 miles 50 km northeast of bakersfield two mines the kergon mine and the miracle mine made small. The kern river originally rio de san felipe later la porciuncula is a river in the u s.

These roof pendants are the reddish fractured rock that is occasionally encountered in travels around the kern river valley. The point of contact of magma with the overlying rock resulted in transformation of the marine sedimentary rock into metasedimentary rock that is referred to as roof pendant. Potential for additional small deposits is moderate in the maggie mountain and eastern range front areas low in the cold creek area and very low in the little kern lake creek right stringer templeton mountain and kern peak indian head areas.