Geology of the Empire Mountains
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu    last edited:  10/9/07
 

Empire Mountains

General Geology of the Empire Mountains

The northern part of the Santa Rita Mountains and the Empire Mountains
to the east consists of a pod of Precambrian granite flanked by a complex block
faulted mass of various rocks including Precambrian granite, Cretaceous sediments
and granite, small pods of Paleozoic sediments, and Tertiary volcanics.
 

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Maps of the Empire Mountains
 

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Views of the Empire Mountains

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Published references on the geology of the Empire Mountains