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Public Comment Period Open for Proposed Exploratory Mine Drilling at Conglomerate Mesa, Inyo County, CA - BLM Ridgecrest

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Abandoned Cerro Gordo Silver Mines and Ghost Town , LCGS Russ ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Bureau of Land Management Welcomes Public Input For Proposed Exploratory Drilling Project  [Press Release, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ; July 30, 2021] https://www.blm.gov/press-release/bureau-land-management-welcomes-public-input-proposed-exploratory-drilling-project N. B.:  Public Comment Period deadline for  DOI-BLM-CA-D050-2021-0020-EA  is  August 30, 202 1 ! Selected Publication: Geologic Map of the Southern Inyo Mountains and Vicinity, Inyo County California (STONE et al. , 2014) https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3094/pdf/sim3094_pamphlet.pdf Websites: Conglomerate Mesa ( California Wilderness Coalition ) https://www.calwild.org/portfolio/fact-sheet-conglomerate-mesa/ Geologic Map of Cerro Gordo Peak 7.5 Quadrangle, Inyo County, California ( USGS ) https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2004/2851/ Conglomerate Mesa - B, Inyo County, California ( Mindat.org ) https://www.mindat.org/paleo_...

A Closer Look at the Ancient Indian Plate Migration

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  Himalaya Formation , USGS ; Link Selected Research Articles:  Microcontinent subduction and S-type volcanism prior to India-Asia collision (YANG et al ., 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94492-y The early drift of the Indian plate (JOKAT et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90172-z Geological, geophysical and plate kinematic constraints from models of the India-Asia collision and post-Triassic central Tethys ocean (PARSONS et al. , 2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825219303514 Magmatic record of India-Asia collision (ZHU et al. , 2015) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282128786_Magmatic_record_of_India-Asia_collision/fulltext/562d6eda08ae04c2aeb4a54c/Magmatic-record-of-India-Asia-collision.pdf The Lhasa Terrane:  Record of a microcontinent and its histories of drift and growth (ZHU et al. , 2011) https://www.academia.edu/download/44135757/The_Lhasa_Terrane_Record_of_a_microconti20160326-17503-1...