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Detailed descriptions and mapping of the geology of the Granite Mountains range are lacking. A 1:250,000 scale geologic map of the region by Bortugno and Spittler [3] shows the area of the Granite mountains north of the Helendale fault zone to consist of Jurassic or Cretaceous quartz monzonite.
The University of California, Riverside, operates the Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center within the Mojave National Preserve. It is a research and teaching center that was established by the late Professor Dr. Kenneth Norris] of U.C. Santa Cruz in 1978 and is now managed out of University of California, Riverside.
The hills east-southeast of Granite Pass, their highest elevation 4,524 ft (1,379 m), extending another 5.6 mi (9.0 km) to are not named on the USGS topographic maps, and are not included in the points given for these mountains in the Geographic Names Information System
The Granite Mountains are a mountain range in northern Riverside County, California, United States. The range is east of Joshua Tree National Park, and is one of four mountain ranges in the Mojave Desert to share this name. The range is about 12 miles northwest to southeast, and about 4 miles wide.
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America.Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.
Granite Mountains may refer to one of at least eight mountain ranges in the United States: Granite Mountains (Alaska) Granite Mountains (Arizona) Granite Mountains (California) (eastern San Bernardino County) Granite Mountains (northern San Bernardino County, California) Granite Mountains (western San Bernardino County, California)
The geographic valley is defined by the surrounding Granite Mountains, Ord Mountains, and San Bernardino Mountains. Lucerne Valley lies east of the Victor Valley, whose population nexus includes Victorville, Apple Valley, Adelanto and Hesperia. It is 19 miles (31 km) east of Apple Valley, and 20 miles (32 km) north of Big Bear Lake.