Empire Mountains     

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Roger Weller, geology instructor

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last edited:  5/9/07

published references on the geology of the
Empire Mountains

*Alberding, Hebert, 1938, The geology of the northern Empire Mountains, Arizona: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 106 p.

*Drewes, H., and Williams, F.E., 1973, Mesozoic stratigraphy and Laramide tectonics of prt of the Santa Rita and Empire Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: Ariz. Geol. Soc. Guidebook III, p. 315-324.

*Finnell, T.L., 1970, Formations of the Bisbee Group, Empire Mountains quadrangle, Pima County, Arizona: USGS Bull., 1294-A, p. 28-35.

*Finnell, T.L., 1971, Preliminary geologic map of the Empire Mountains quadrangle, Pima County, Arizona: USGS Open File Report 71-106.

*Moore, R.A., 1960, Cretaceous stratigraphy of the southeast flank of the Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 55 p.

*Moore, R.A., and Miller, H.W., 1960, A dinosaur-bearing section of Cretaceous rocks in the Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Ariz. Geol. Soc. Digest, v.III, p. 57-61.

*Schafroth, Don W., 1964, Structure and stratigraphy of the Cretaceous rocks south of the Empire Mountains, Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 135 p.