Goldfield, Nevada - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Wetlands in Guidebook to Mineral districts

in Guidebook to Mineral districts of Southwestern Utah

The Stansbury Mountains consists of Paleozoic rocks folded into the north-south trending Deseret anticline

with its distinctive features such as Death Valley— the lowest point in North America—are vividly depicted

making this field guide unique

Goldfield, Nevada - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Wetlands in Guidebook to Mineral districtsThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes