Glossary of named regions
Curated regions and rock groups from the NavDat glossary. Each opens as a ready-made search.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Basalt Composition from Rock Characteristics | All samples called basalt in the database |
| Basin and Range Province | Basin and Range of western North America |
| Black Hills | Tertiary magmatism in the Black Hills of SD/WY |
| Columbia River Basalts | CRB in WA, OR, and ID; NOTE: as of 12/2006, the largest sample contribution is from the IDGS for a relatively small area in western ID |
| Coso Volcanic Field | Active Miocene to recent field in eastern California |
| Cove Fort Shield Volcano | Basaltic shield volcano east of the Mineral Mountains. |
| Crater Flat-Lathrop Wells | young basalts near Yucca Mnt |
| Eastern Mojave Desert middle Miocene volcanics | Outline of eastern Mojave Desert area |
| Fish Lake Valley, Nevada | Basin in western Nevada with surrounding ranges |
| Idaho batholith | main phases of Bitterroot and Atlanta lobes along with older border phases and younger Challis-related epizonal plutons |
| Indian Wells Valley | Valley adjacent to Sierra Nevada |
| Lake Mead area | Extensional region in southern Nevada |
| Malpais Mesa | Basalt field in eastern California |
| Mineral Mountains, Utah | Mineral Mountain igneous complex |
| Mogollon-Datil Volcanic Field | A major mid-Tertiary volcanic field in southwestern New Mexico |
| Mojave Desert | Crustal block in southern California |
| Panamint Valley | Panamint Valley, California. Late Tertiary extensional basin |
| Pinto Peak | Fault block with tilted volcanic section, Panamint Range, California |
| Pisgah | Cinder cone in central Mojave Desert |
| Popocateptl | Volcano in Mexico |
| Portrillo Volcanic Field | Volcanic field in southern New Mexico of 0 to 5 Ma |
| San Juan Volcanic Field | A major Mid-Tertiary volcanic field in southwestern Colorado |
| Slate Range | Slate Range of Eastern California |
| Snake River Plain | Yellowstone hotspot track in Idaho and Yellowstone system itself. Includes both the rhyolite caldera complexes and the younger basalts. |
| Trans-Pecos Volcanic Field | A major mid-Tertiary volcanic field in southwestern Texas |
| Tucson, Arizona | Area around Tucson, Arizona |
| White Mountains | Range in eastern California - western Nevada |