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Plomosa Mountains

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F.K. Miller and E.H. McKee, "Thrust and Strike-Slip Faulting in the Plomosa Mountains, Southwestern Arizona". GSA Bulletin, March 1971 (fee required for full text).
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crosses the center of the range. The Plomosa ghost town and mining camp lie on the southwest side of the range.
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Quartzsite, Arizona
Interstate 10 in Arizona
Elevation
La Posa Plain
Dome Rock Mountainsto
New Water Mountains
La Paz County, Arizona
Bouse, Arizona
Quartzsite
La Posa Plain
Harcuvar Mountains
Little Harquahala Mountains
Ranegras Plain
New Water Mountains
Interstate 10
thrust faulting
strike-slip faulting
Black Mesa (La Paz County)
Ibex Peak
F.K. Miller and E.H. McKee, "Thrust and Strike-Slip Faulting in the Plomosa Mountains, Southwestern Arizona". GSA Bulletin, March 1971 (fee required for full text).
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Mountains of Arizona
Black Hills
(Yavapai County)

Mingus Mountain
Black Mountains
Boundary Cone
Fortification Hill

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