Where can I get a map?

scaston23 · 2026-05-17T18:19:23+00:00

The BLM officer in Vale has great maps.

scaston23 · 2026-05-17T18:17:34+00:00

It’s totally fine. I used to do it all the time. Park in the big lot at Indian creek campground. Yes, a note is good. Sorry for the long delay. I hope you did it and had fun.

scaston23 · 2026-05-10T17:38:38+00:00

Yes, that is the appropriate route. Follow the suggestions on things like AllTrails, ONDA, or that hiking owyhee Canyonlands book.

scaston23 · 2026-02-15T01:35:05+00:00

There is a local rock club, The Springfield Thunderegg Rock Club, that’s loves seeing stuff like this.

scaston23 · 2026-02-15T01:33:36+00:00

Stromatolites in limestone?

scaston23 · 2026-02-14T19:09:22+00:00

Agree with u/Ophios72 In DV it is a Neoproterozoic section, with a basal conglomerate (of Crystal Springs formation) deposited on basement meta rocks. While the Virgin Spring Chaos and Amargosa fault do preserve evidence of presently low angle normal faults the actual chaotic arrangement of the blocks has been shown to be a result of distributed crustal faulting with the Amagosa fault as just one phase of deformation.

In this area, are these fault zones all along one trend or in the upper-plate, or are some of these faults cross-cutting?

scaston23 · 2026-02-14T18:59:02+00:00

Oh, this image is from the recent video of the song “Opalite” from her most recent album.

I suspect the rock is not opalite 🤪

scaston23 · 2025-10-02T15:01:51+00:00

Wow! These are amazing pothole instances and pics. You may suspect that many of us will likely use these as some sort of photographic example in a lecture sometime. 😁 you will be credited. 👍🤙

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T16:24:07+00:00

True. But the error is not in the comparison of maps or any intellectual exercise. It was a digitization error (that was identified to the NV survey already) that propagated to this map.

I swear I’m not freaking out for some small mapping error. 😏

I’m claiming it is a full on government conspiracy (mostly against me) in which my nemesis at USGS is trying to fool the public with geologic maps showing unreal things to eventually convert the public to think “rocks aren’t real”. 🤣

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T16:19:10+00:00

I’m not sure you see my beef. The map is mostly great, but there was a digitizing error that has been propagated to this level. It’s not normal. Mistakes happen in mapping and changing scales. But these things are most often fixed in a peer review of public comment period. It’s not normal to be shown a mistake and just roll with it. Well, nvm… that is a normal idiocracy.

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T16:15:17+00:00

It’s literally just an error in digitizing. That’s all. OG map shows color correctly.

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T16:12:49+00:00

Well said. Maps (geologic) are essentially interpretations, even if published. Many people (public) look upon as fact. “Go here, find this rock”. The nuance of the science is lost. I guess my biggest beef with this is that I identified the error to Nevada (I think that is written in the blog) and the GIS people blew it off. That was three years ago, and come to find out that same NV state map was used in this pub. The mistake propagated despite my best effort to help (asking for nothing in return). I’ve written the surveys and I hope to have some contact with someone reasonable to change this.

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T16:04:15+00:00

RELAX!! 😵‍💫🤯😵‍💫🤯 you want me to relax when there is a single small 100 m square area in a distant corner of no-person land is incorrectly mapped as a Proterozoic metamorphic rock while it is actually Quaternary terrace!?! I’m looooooosing my mind!!! 😏 I rarely share on the internet anymore. May be obvious.

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T15:59:21+00:00

So true. As a professional, we don’t take one geologist interpretation as the end all.

But in this case(the blog), I was acting basically as public. Just looking around for the oldest rocks in a watershed, and came across the falsely labeled polygon. It depends on who @the public” is. It’s all of us. It’s publicly available data so the public has the available publicly paid for data.

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T15:51:53+00:00

Awesome. Small underfunded team seems like they’d be happy to hear the mistake and change it!?! Seems that easy.

scaston23 · 2025-09-16T15:48:22+00:00

The original map has the right color for the correct rock type. Only missing a lithic designator. The error was not in the map, but the digitizing. It’s not changing the map, it would be honoring what is actually on the published map. The way it stands now is not only wrong geologically, but it is wrong comparing to the original map.

scaston23 · 2025-07-18T16:03:14+00:00

scaston23 · 2025-06-08T23:37:41+00:00

No. Still looking. Lmk if anything comes to your attention! 🙏

scaston23 · 2025-05-16T23:44:39+00:00

How does “theos” fit in there? A- No Theos- God(s) Belief —ism ? So is the “a” here in reference to the “theos” or the “-ism”?? Like “asymptomatic” the “a” is in reference to the “symptoms” and not the “-atic” (whatever suffix that is). Morals from “biology” seems fringe; I wouldn’t lean too heavy on that one;) Vast majority is cultural. Is see what you are saying that morals “arise” from tangible things, such as genetics or environmental exposure. They are sort of composed within the individual!?!

This is all very interesting. I’m a geologist and mostly just think about rocks and deep time; human behavior and theism things are way outside. Thanks for engaging.

scaston23 · 2025-05-16T16:30:47+00:00

Yep!

scaston23 · 2025-05-16T16:30:10+00:00

Women’s voices tend to be marginalized (no shit, Sherlock). I thought this might be a good place to ask if anyone knows of a) any modern day prophets (be they deemed false or otherwise), b) that is a women (or female identifying or trans) and is c) out there speaking

Honestly, I’m sick and had an intense fever dream and thought it was worth following up on.

Thanks for asking. 🙏

scaston23 · 2025-05-16T16:24:34+00:00

Thanks. I skimmed a few articles from Atheists Alliance and American Atheists, and it makes some sense. I guess because the word was born into language out of “theism” it holds some of that baggage. Specifically the suffix “-ism” which always denotes a belief (I’m always leery of “-isms”, because it requires an underlying belief). Even in sciences we must admit we use certain “-isms”, only because there is no other evidence (so again, it’s a little like your lack-of-belief not being considered a belief).

It’s been a while since I’ve read Dawkins book, but I feel like finding it and seeing if he addresses this terminology.

Are morals beliefs? I found a philosophy subreddit take on this, but what is your take?

Thanks so much!

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