Digital map showing faults, lineaments, and earthquake epicenters in the Pahute Mesa 30' x 60' quadrangle, Nevada, in Arc/Info ASCII generate and Arc/Info export formats

This digital map compilation incorporates fault, air photo
lineament, and earthquake epicenter data from within the Pahute
Mesa 30' by 60' quadrangle, southern Nye County, Nevada (fig. 1).
The compilation contributes to the U.S. Department of Energy's Yucca
Mountain Project, established to determine whether or not the Yucca
Mountain Site is suitable for the disposal of high-level nuclear
waste. Studies of local and regional faulting and earthquake
activity, including the features depicted on the accompanying map,
are carried out to help characterize seismic hazard and tectonic
processes that may be relevant to the future stability of Yucca
Mountain. The Yucca Mountain site lies in the central part of the
Beatty 30' by 60' quadrangle and is centered approximately 15 km
south of the south edge of the Pahute Mesa quadrangle.