The Golconda Thrust is a major
oceanic terrane that was thrust over central and northern
Nevada
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,
North America
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, in possibly sometime between the
Late Permian
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and the late
Jurassic
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.
It is considered equivalent to the Tobin thrust fault.
It contains the
Havallah sequence.
Timing the Golconda Thrust
The time of the Golconda Thrust is not perfectly clear, and it may pre-date the
Sonoma orogeny.
Other references suspect it appears to have thrust during the Sonoma orogeny.
See also
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Geology of Nevada
The geology of Nevada began to form in the Proterozoic at the western margin of North America. Terranes accreted to the continent as a marine environment dominated the area through the Paleozoic and Mesozoic periods. Intense volcanism, the horst a ...
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Golconda, Nevada
Golconda is a census-designated place in southeastern Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 214. It is located along Interstate 80 on the Humboldt River in the northwestern part of the state. Golco ...
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Sonomia Terrane
The Sonomia Terrane is a geologic crustal block known as a "terrane" whose remnants today lie in northwest Nevada. The terrane acquired its name from the Sonoma Range in that region. The Sonomia Terrane is associated with the Golconda Thrust, a s ...
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