Eastern Mojave Vegetation Power Line Road #2 (Middle), San Bernardino County, California  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  One of three power line roads that traverse diagonally through San Bernardino County.

Other articles:
• California Highway 247:   at Pwr Line Rd;  

Junction: California Highway 247

Other articles:
• Ord Mountain Road:   at Pwr Line Rd;  

Junction: Ord Mountain Road

Other articles:
• Unknown Road:   at Pwr Line Rd;  

Junction: Unknown Road

Other articles:
• Jeep Trail:   at Pwr Line 2;  

Junction: Jeep Trail, to south.

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• Camp Rock Road:  20000;  

Junction: Camp Rock Road
  End of the power line road at US I-40. You cannot continue northeast of here.

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• Minneola Road:   at Pwr Line Rd;  

Junction: Minneola Road

Other articles:
• Sunrise Canyon Road:   at Paradise Sprs Rd;  

Junction: Sunrise Canyon Road, west into Minneola with access to US I-15. You cannot continue southwest on the Powerline Road because of the freeway.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   24 Apr 2010;
Full Size ImageFluvial gravels at base of Barstow formation.  

2010 Desert Symposium Field Trip Stop M-5 on the south side of the Toomey Hills.

 

   

Toomey Hills

The location of Toomey is roughly where the power lines cross over US Interstate 15.

Other articles:
• Bragdon Road:   at pwr line rd;  

Junction: Bragdon Road
  Desert Symposium Field Trip Stop 2017-2-8. Dolores Lake Fault. .

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• Harvard Road:   at Powerline Rd;  

Junction: Harvard Road
  To the west, start onto the east-sloping Mojave River fluvial plain, a transition that is marked in many places by small playas; note rolling surface with high ribs that represent inverted stream channels (formed when stream deposits with coarse clasts are eroded, forming resistant ridges that once marked the channels) of the river as we continue onto the plain.
  Junction: Military Road

 

 

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• Field Notes:   near Harvard Maze;  Coll. No. 729;
Full Size ImageView west across a portion of the Harvard Maze
Full Size ImageColl. No. 729, Lepidium flavum  

Harvard Maze

 
  Junction: Alvord Mountain Road
  Sand Ridge

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   at Stop 2017-2-7;
Full Size ImageField Trip Stop 2017-2-7. Goldstone gravel and overview of Miocene strata of Alvord Mountain.
Full Size ImageLooking southeast across Mojave Valley to the Cady Mountains.  

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Southwest view along the power lines.
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Field Trip Stop 2017-2-7. Goldstone gravel and overview of Miocene strata of Alvord Mountain.
Desert Symposium Field Trip Stop 2017-2-7. Goldstone gravel and overview of Miocene strata of Alvord Mountain.

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• Microwave Tower Road:   at Pwr Line Rd;  

Junction: Microwave Tower Road
  Powerline road cuts (545715 3884925 ) consist of Pliocene gravels near? Interfingering? with playa sediments; provenance of gravel packages; tectonic patterns (Miller).
  Desert Symposium Field Trip Stop 2017-2-6. Miocene and Pliocene sediments at the south edge of Fort Irwin.

The gray, silty playa sediments to the south have not yielded age diagnostic specimens. Farther northeast along the powerline road, the Pliocene sediments are exposed conformably below, and above, the 5.6 Ma Bicycle Lake basalt. Elsewhere, they contain a 3.4 Ma ash (Miller and Yount, 2003), suggesting that deposition of the Goldstone Gravels ranges in age from approximately 6 – 3 Ma years. Therefore, we must search for the 6 million year unconformity between the 12.6 Ma Miocene sediments and the 6 million year gravels and silty playa sediments.

Other articles:
• BLM 8344:   at pwr line;  

Junction: BLM Road 8344 (location approximate).

Other articles:
• Dunn Road:   at power line road;  

Junction: Dunn Road
  Junction: 5J road south, into the Soda Mountains.

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• 4WD Road:   at power line;  

Junction: 5J road south-southeast, to Field Trip Stop 2017-1-2.
  Junction: Mine Road. The mine road crosses from southeast to northwest. This road can be a preferred route, if the playa is dry.

Other articles:
• California Highway 127:   at Pwr Line Rd;  

Junction: California Highway 127

Other articles:
• Halloran Springs Road:   at Power Line Road;  

Junction: Halloran Springs Road, sort of, by way of cross country driving.

Other articles:
• Halloran Springs Road:   at Power Line Road;  

Junction: Halloran Springs Road
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Date and time this article was prepared: 9/22/2024 4:38:24 PM