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==See Also==
 
* H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZKIx9NjbSZ8C&lpg=PA166&ots=vT1aIAYNLS&dq=lava%20beds%20pershing%20county&pg=PA200#v=onepage&q=varyville&f=false OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach]," Staggs District, p 166, 1985.
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Lava Beds rest quietly, Mark Vanderhoff, RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, 4/7/2004,  
Lava Beds rest quietly, Mark Vanderhoff, RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, 4/7/2004,  

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Lava Beds rest quietly, Mark Vanderhoff, RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, 4/7/2004,

... Elephant Head Rock, for example, a feature of the Lava Beds and the high point of the Sheephead Mountains, stands at just 6,283 feet. What the map doesn’t say is that Elephant Head Rock contains a natural arch that’s 40 feet across and 20 feet high. ...

(Alvin McLane, 69, of Reno) took a National Geographic photographer and writer to the site in 1983 for book called “America’s Hidden Corners.” ...

The name “Lava Beds” is a misnomer, ... consist of granitic rock ranging in age from 85 to 104 millions years. That granite is considered to be an extension of the Sierra Nevada batholith

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