 This weeks hiking destination with the rock-hounds from the Henderson Heritage Park’s Senior Facility. was the Davis Dam and the Colorado River Heritage Greenway Park and Trails system in Laughlin, Nevada. Pictures and information from this trip are divided between two separate blog pages. Click the following links to view … the Colorado River Heritage Park & Trails and the Davis Dam. |
Friday
Daytrip – Davis Dam and the Colorado River Heritage Park & Trails
Sunday
Daytrip – Valley of Fire
 On this trip to the Valley of Fire State Park with the Rock-hounds from the Henderson Senior Facility, I hit two spots that I had been to before; a place called The Cabins and a hike to a location called, The Top of the World Arch Hike. While five of us tried to find the trail to the Top of the World Arch, the remainder of the group hiked various locations including the Fire Wave and Mouse’s Tank. Before leaving the park for our journey home, we all enjoyed lunch in the picnic area next to The Cabins. Click here to go to see pictures from this and previous visits … Valley of Fire State Park. |
Monday
Index for Category – Desert & Mountain Landscapes/Panoramas
This page last updated on 03/22/2018
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MISC SINGLE PICTURES OF LANDSCAPES & PANORAMAS
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Sunday
The Great Beatty Mudmound Fossils
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| The Great Beatty Mudmound: This bioherm was first recognized in 1960 by geologists H.R. Cornwell and F.G. Kleinhampl during their geological mapping of the region. This pod-shaped accumulation of calcium carbonate is some 270 feet thick and more than 1,000 feet in length as it protrudes from the west side of a mountain above Secret Pass just south of Meiklejohn Peak, elevation 5,940 feet. To gain a better appreciation of the mudmound's dimensions, one must hike up a steep canyon wash and stand near the base of it. From this up-close-and-personal vantage point, this uncommon geological structure is a massive, pale gray body of limestone exposed along the skyline of the mountains, that truly dominates the view. It was much bigger than we expected. Written reports on the Internet indicate that the core of this formation contains a wealth of excellently preserved invertebrate animal remains some 480 million years old, including echinoderms, sponges, bryozoans, ostracodes (tiny bivalve crustaceans related to barnacles), pelecypods, gastropods, trilobites, conodonts, cephalopods and brachiopods. The specimens are restricted to sporadic, productive pockets within the core of the mudmound and to, more abundantly, the medium gray to olive-gray and olive-brown shaley limestones along its flanks and directly above the mudmound itself. other calcium carbonate layers contain prolific quantities of brachiopods, most of which are rather tiny. |
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