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DEATH VALLEY FIELD TRIPS

Death Valley: GUIDEBOOK AVAILABLE
This 3-day field trip explores the geology of the Amargosa Basin, Death Valley and the Panamint and Argus Mountain Ranges. Stops include the Bullfrog bold mine in Rhyolite, the Ryan Borate deposits near Amargosa Valley, and several stops within Death Valley National Park, including Mohogany Flat, Aguerberry Point, Dante's View, Harmony Borax Works and Greenwater
 
Death Valley: Southern Route
This field trip explores the geology of the Southern Death Valley Region. We start at Searles Lake and the Trona Pinnacles, we take 4x4 roads over the Panamints into Shoshone where we spend Saturday Night. Includes a stop at the Tecopa Hot springs and a visit to the Amargosa Opera House. 
 
Death Valley: Northern Route
This trip starts in Trona. We then make our way to Wild Rose Canyon and the Charcoal Mills at Aguerberry Point. After a side trip to Skidoo, we go to Stovepipe Wells and Mosaic Canyon. Then over to Chloride Cliffs, and on to Rhyolite. Then we come back to the floor of Death Valley down Titus Canyon. The we go north to Scotty's Castle, Ubehebe Crater and Racetrack Playa. From there we take the 4x4 Lippincot mine road down to Saline Valley.
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    • AMARGOSA VALLEY
    • BATOPILAS
    • MOJAVE DESERT >
      • BRISTOL MOUNTAINS
      • EXCHEQUER MINING DISTICT >
        • MINES OF EXCHEQUER DISTRICT
      • IVANPAH, MESCAL AND CLARK MOUNTAINS >
        • Stratigraphy: Ivanpah, Clark, Mescal
        • Structure of the Clark, Mescal and Ivanpah Mountains
        • Geology and Mining History >
          • Mine Reports
      • LANE MOUNTAINS
      • MOJAVE MINING DISTRICT >
        • Brown Butte Group
        • Horned Toad Hills
        • Middle Butte - Cactus Queen
        • Rosamond Hills >
          • ROSAMOND HILLS MINES
        • STANDARD HILL-ELEPHANT BUTTE GROUP >
          • STANDARD HILL MINES
        • SOLEDAD MOUNTAIN
        • South of Oak Creek Canyon
        • Willow Springs Mnt - Tropico >
          • TROPICO MINES
      • NORTHERN HALLORAN SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT >
        • MINES OF THE NORTH HALLORAN DISTRICT
      • SOUTHERN SPRING MOUNTAINS (GOODSPRINGS) MINING DISTRICT >
        • MINES OF THE SPRING MOUNTAINS (SOUTHERN) MINING DISTRICT
    • OIL AND GAS
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      • Cuyama to Point Sal
      • Maricopa to Carpinteria
      • Ventura Basin
      • Carpinteria Oil Seeps
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    • MOJAVE DESERT GUIDEBOOKS >
      • OLD MOJAVE ROAD
    • MOTHER LODE
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      • GEOLOGIC MAPS
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      • SALTON SEA AREA MINES
    • SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA GUIDEBOOKS >
      • KERN CANYON, LAKE ISABELLA, WALKER BASIN
  • FIELD TRIPS
    • FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE
    • Avenza
    • COAST AND TRANSVERSE RANGES
    • DEATH VALLEY FIELD TRIPS
    • DESERT SYMPOSIUM
    • OWENS VALLEY AND MONO BASIN
    • MOTHER LODE FIELD TRIPS
    • MOJAVE DESERT FIELDTRIPS
    • SAN ANDREAS FAULT FIELD TRIPS
    • SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
    • SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FIELD TRIPS
    • SIERRA NEVADA FIELD TRIPS >
      • WHITE MOUNTAINS - INYO MOUNTAINS
  • GEOLOGY AND HOLLYWOOD
  • EARTH SCIENCE COURSE
    • POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS >
      • Evolution of the Earth
      • Big Bang to Protoearth
      • Protoearth to Phanerozoic
      • Paleozoic
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    • QUIZZES
    • ASSIGNMENTS >
      • Mineral
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      • CA Groundwater Basins
      • Landslide
      • Plates
      • Earthquakes
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      • Evolution of the Earth
      • GEOLOGIC TIME STUDENT PPT
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      • GEOLOGIC SCAVENGER HUNT
  • Journal
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