The Stirling Quartzite Formation is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada .
11-856: It can be seen in the Panamint Range and Funeral Mountains adjoining Death Valley within Death Valley National Park ; and in the Spring Mountains in Clark County. The formation underlies the Wood Canyon Formation . It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period of the Neoproterozoic Era . This Ediacaran biota -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
22-607: A specific stratigraphic formation in California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Nevada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Panamint Range The Panamint Range is a short rugged fault-block mountain range in the northern Mojave Desert , within Death Valley National Park in Inyo County , eastern California . A small part of
33-447: Is a mountain range located primarily in Inyo County, California , southeast of the town of Darwin . The range forms the western boundary of Panamint Valley , and the northwestern boundary of Searles Valley . The Coso Range is located to the west, and the Panamint Range to the east. The Argus Range is one of the westernmost of the Basin and Range Province ranges. The northern end of
44-722: The Panamint Valley to the west. The range is part of the Basin and Range Province , at the western end of the Great Basin . The highest peak in the range is Telescope Peak , with an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m). Both Mount Whitney above the Owens Valley and Badwater Basin in Death Valley are visible from certain vantage points in the Panamint Range, making it one of few places where one can simultaneously see both
55-526: The general public. The two peaks that are most alluring to would-be hikers are Argus Peak (6,562 ft or 2,000 m) and Maturango Peak (8,839 ft or 2,694 m) towering to the west of Panamint Valley. The Argus Range Wilderness, under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), runs 28 miles (45 km) along the east side of the Argus Range. It extends from the military reservation on
66-487: The highest and lowest points in the contiguous United States . Dante's View east of Death Valley is another. Being a sky island habitat of the Mojave Desert , with more precipitation and temperature variation than the desert floor and hills, there are various plant and animal species endemic to the Panamint Range. The Panamint Mining District is on the western side of the Panamint Range. Panamint City (est. 1873)
77-605: The northern range and within Death Valley National Park. They were built in 1877 by the Modock Consolidated Mining Company, to provide fuel for smelters near their lead and silver mines in the Argus Range . The ten beehive shaped masonry structures, about 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, are the best known surviving examples of such charcoal kilns in the western U.S. Argus Range The Argus Range
88-614: The range is just south of the Panamint Springs Resort on Highway 190 . The range runs south to Argus Peak , just northwest of Searles Lake , near the town of Trona, California . In addition to Argus Peak, the range contains Maturango Peak . The southernmost end of the range is in San Bernardino County . The crest of the Argus Range is located within NAWS China Lake and so the peaks of this range are off-limits to
99-540: The southern end of the range is in San Bernardino County . Dr. Darwin French is credited as applying the term Panamint in 1860 during his search for the fabled Gunsight Lode. The origin of the name is the Paiute or Koso word Panümünt or Pa (water) and nïwïnsti (person). The range runs north–south for approximately 100 miles (160 km) through Inyo County , forming the western wall of Death Valley and separating it from
110-410: The west to the foot of the Argus Range on the east. For most of its length, this wilderness area is no more than two miles (3 km) wide. Several private property holdings are located within this wilderness area including a rather deep cherry-stem at Snow Canyon and a 40-acre (16 ha) parcel known as Onyx Springs between Shepherd and Bendire Canyons. Many land-owners were affected by the creation of
121-426: Was a mining town in the district, formerly in the central section of the range. The historic mining community of Ballarat (est. 1890s), also in the district, is now a ghost town . The Gold Hill Mining District (est. 1875) was in the southwestern section of the range, at the northeast end of Butte Valley. The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns (completed 1877) are ruins of charcoal kilns located near Wildrose Canyon in
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