Lava Beds
See Also
- H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada," Staggs District, p 166, 1985.
- http://www.lrrforums.com/showthread.php?13361-Oct-3-2009-Elephant-Rock-Lava-Beds
- http://hikingnevada.blogspot.com/2008/04/elephant-head-rock-lava-beds.html
- http://hikingnevada.blogspot.com/2008/04/lava-beds-citizens-proposed-wilderness_11.html
- http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/04/07/67965.php OLD LINK
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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