Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Sargent fault zone, northwestern section (Class A) No. 58a
Last Review Date: 2000-08-10
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:24,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 29 km of a total fault length of 54 km. |
| Average strike | N55°W |
| Sense of movement | Reverse |
| Dip | 22°SE to 90° |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Between 1.0 and 5.0 mm/yr |
| References |
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Bryant, W.A., 1980, SE segments of Sargent and Castro faults: California Division of Mines and Geology Fault Evaluation Report FER-96, microfiche copy in Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 90-11, 19 p., scale 1:24,000. Bryant, W.A., Smith, D.P., and Hart, E.W., 1981, Sargent, San Andreas, and Calaveras fault zones—Evidence for recency in the Watsonville East, Chittenden, and San Felipe quadrangles, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report OFR 81-7SF, scale 1:24,000. Clark, J.C., Brabb, E.E., and McLaughlin, R.J., 1989, Geologic map and structure sections of the Laurel 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-676, 31 p., 2 pls., scale 1:24,000. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1973, Preliminary geologic maps of the Gilroy Hot Springs quadrangle, the Gilroy quadrangle, the Mt. Sizer quadrangle, the Morgan Hill quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California, and the Mt. Madonna quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 73-059, 5 sheets, scale 1:24,000. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1975, Geologic maps of the Pacheco Pass, Hollister, Quien Sabe, Ortigalita Peak, San Benito, Panoche Valley, and "Tumey Hills" quadrangles, San Benito, Santa Clara, Merced, and Fresno Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-394, 7 sheets, scale 1:62,500. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., and Brabb, E.E., 1980, Preliminary geologic map of the Loma Prieta quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-944, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000. Hay, E.A., Cotton, W.R., and Hall, N.T., 1980, Shear couple tectonics and the Sargent-Berrocal fault system in northern California: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 140, 41-49 p. Jennings, C.W., 1994, Fault activity map of California and adjacent areas, with locations of recent volcanic eruptions: California Division of Mines and Geology Geologic Data Map 6, 92 p., 2 pls., scale 1:750,000. McLaughlin, R.J., 1971, Geologic map of the Sargent fault zone in the vicinity of Mount Madonna, Santa Clara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Map (U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Basic Data Contribution 13), 2 sheets, scale 1:12,000. McLaughlin, R.J., 1973, Geology of the Sargent fault zone in the vicinity of Mount Madonna, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties: California State University, San Jose, unpublished M.S. thesis, 131 p., scale 1:12,000. McLaughlin, R.J., 1974, The Sargent-Berrocal fault zone and its relation to the San Andreas fault system in the southern San Francisco Bay region and Santa Clara Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 2, no. 5, p. 593-598. McLaughlin, R.J., 1990, Sargent fault zone at Loma Prieta, in Schwartz, D.P., and Ponti, D.J., eds., Field Guide to Neotectonics of the San Andreas fault system, Santa Cruz Mountains, in light of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-274, p. 19-22. McLaughlin, R.J., Clark, J.C., and Brabb, E.E., 1988, Geologic map and structure sections of the Loma Prieta quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Map 88-752, scale 1:24,000. McLaughlin, R.J., Clark, J.C., Brabb, E.E., and Helley, E.J., 1991, Geologic map and structure sections of the Los Gatos 7.5-minute quadrangle, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Map 91-593, scale 1:24,000. McLaughlin, R.J., Langenheim, V.E., Jachens, R.C., Jayko, A.S., Stanley, R.G., and Valin, Z.C., 1997, Neogene transpressional range-front deformation, southwestern Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay region, California [abs.]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1997 Annual Fall Meeting, v. 78, no. 46, p. F436. McLaughlin, R.J., Sorg, D.H., and Helley, E.J., 1996, Constraints on slip histories of thrust faults of the southwestern San Francisco Bay area from geologic mapping investigations: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-267, 65-70 p. |