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Folds in marble tectonite, Rincon Mountains

Folds in marble tectonite, Rincon Mountains

Happy Valley | Pima County.
Transposed and folded bedding in marble tectonite, highlighted by resistant siliceous layers. These rocks lie in the footwall of the Catalina-Rincon detachment fault in the eastern Rincon Mountains.

Online resource:

The geologic map and report by Jon Spencer, Brad Johnson and others, "Geologic map of the Happy Valley 7 ½' Quadrangle, Cochise and Pima Counties, Arizona",  https://library.azgs.arizona.edu/item/ADGM-1567626614127-620

Photographer: Brad Johnson

Photo Date: April 2010