Eagle Crags (California)

{{Short description|Mountain summit in California, United States}}

{{About|a mountain in western San Bernardino County, California||Eagle Crags{{!}}Eagle Crags in southwestern Utah}}

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| country = United States

| state = California

| region = Mojave Desert

| district = San Bernardino County

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| elevation_m = 1675

| coordinates = 35.3990565, -117.0605379

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Eagle Crags is a summit in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, within Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, off limits to the public. The elevation is 5496 feet.{{cite web | url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/241705 | title=Geographic Names Information System }} It is marked on the USGS topographic map named Eagle Crags.United States Geological Survey, Eagle Crags (CA) Quadrangle, California, San Bernardino County, 7.5-minute series, 2015, https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/PDF/CA/CA_Eagle_Crags_20150306_TM_geo.pdf It is 9.3 miles east of Pilot Knob, 8.7 miles southeast of Robbers Mountain, 10.7 miles northeast of Slocum Mountain, 27 miles west of the central base of Fort Irwin National Training Center.

Geology

Eagle Crags is part of the Eagle Crags Volcanic FieldDavid C. Buesch, David M. Miller, and Christopher M. Menges, Cenozoic Geology of Fort Irwin and Vicinity, California, U.S. Geological Survey, 2018, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1024/c/ofr20131024c.pdf and was the subject of a dissertation. Andrew Sabin summarizes that the area ″is underlain by Mesozoic granites, Tertiary age volcanic rocks, pyroclastic flows and Quaternary alluvium.″ Andrew Sabin, "Geology of the Eagle Crags volcanic field, northern Mojave Desert, China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, California," PhD thesis, Colorado School of Mines, 1994. https://repository.mines.edu/bitstream/handle/11124/170512/T4432.pdf The presence of some ephemeral hot springs suggests that the area may be a source of geothermal power.Ibid. The area is composed primarily of felsic volcanic rocks.David C. Buesch, David M. Miller, and Christopher M. Menges, "Cenozoic Geology of Fort Irwin and Vicinity, California," U.S. Geological Survey, 2018. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1024/c/ofr20131024c.pdfFile:Eagle Crags Volcanic Field.png

Fauna

Desert Bighorn Sheep were brought to Eagle Crags in the 1980s; in 2005 a study was done to evaluate the possibility of bringing more ewes.″Environmental Assessment for the Translocation of Desert Bighorn Sheep from Mojave National Preserve to the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lkae, California,″ 2005,

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References

Category:Mountains of San Bernardino County, California