Hey Nick, here is a rundown of the Cascade Crest Peaks you asked for in this episode. Peaks are listed from left to right: Hibox Mountain(small bump); Chikamin Peak; Lemah Mountain(multiple, serrated summits); Chimney Rock(West and East, separated by deep gash and with large glacier on flanks); Summit Chief Mountain and Little Big Chief Mountain(snow patches on flanks); a large space with no major peaks(Dutch Miller Gap); Bear's Breast Mountain(dark, no snow); and finally Mt. Hinman(flat top with snow patches...light colored granite). Mt. Daniel is hidden by a branch of the fir tree in far right of video. So there you have it! Thank you for another fun episode!
You are an awesome treasure! My living room window faces out to a portion of the Stuart Range (mostly South of Leavenworth) and I hope to meet someone from my area to identify the peaks. Rock on!
I think it is amazing, that this fella decided to jump out of his specialty and expertise, to learn more about aspects of geology he is not as well read up on, while taking us on the ride of discovery with him. HE could have stuck to his expertise and left it at that, but he is branching out to better his own understanding, and he is taking us along , so we can learn what he is learning at the same time. Well, almost the same time. Who else by THE NICK ZENTNER would even consider doing such a thing? That is why this guy is far and away my favorite teacher and geologist.
Just a quick thank you for all your contributions these past months, Nick. We're stuck in California for now, but it's great to experience parts of the PNW vicariously, while enjoying your presentation style and sense of humor. And learning, to boot!
“...stuck in California for now”... That is exactly how I feel. I want out of here so badly. Lived here for 40 years. Even with all of it’s natural beauty and exciting geological features, I’m just tired of dealing with being able to afford to live here. Also, that’s not the only reason...
Wow. From finding your older videos of roadside geology and the lectures you have given to all these new ones during the lockdown; you are a dream come true for a arm chair geologist. Thank you so much for what you are doing. Having driven through and hiked some small areas out west and wondered what the rocks were, how they got there and why are they shaped the way they are; you are the man with the answers. From Elkhorn Wisconsin a great big hug and a thank you again.
My mother's ashes are in one of those meadows on Peaches ridge. ♥ When we came back from that day, the whole meadow out there on the end of Quartz had 10+ mountain goats in it - not exactly what I expected to see there but goats gonna go wherever they feel like, lol. The big rocky mtn you were seeing down from the ridge is prob Clifty... Lookout is a little less dramatic. The "jaggedy guys" out to the west are Lemah peaks, Summit Cheif, Three Queens, etc.
Thanks for the maps at the start. It helps give me context of where you are exploring and I can follow along on my maps. $5 - now I see how you are funding your research.
More great instruction sir! When the world makes me wanna throw my hands up and be done with the whole kit and kabutle of um... Nick always gets me thinking about what's really important Our world and all the hidden beauty so easy to overlook when I get carried away with the lunatics trying to control my existence... Much Love Sir! Stay Well! Thank you ! ✌️😁🤙
Hello Dr Z-love your channel. I've learned so much from you. When you pointed at the foliage & said "plant"-I burst out laughing. I have a t-shirt with a bird on it & arrows pointing to various parts. "Biology to physicists"- every arrow ended with "Bird". The same kind of t-shirt could be made with a plant with arrows-"Botany to Geologists"😆 Thanks again & stay safe.
I am enjoying how you show us how a Geologist thinks and explores and brings his scientific papers with him. good job on finding money, one would say your search is on the money
I have climbed those and they are north of Lake Wenachee, so can not be seen from there and north, not west as these are, the Mt. Daniel area is right, Chimney rock really stands out.
Fore give me Nick I’m severely disabled from injuries. At age 75. I have to take 60 mags of morphine just to get out of bed and walk. But my life was great!🤗🇺🇸
Nick remember the oil/ mining geology has proven 7/10 of the earths water is in the bedrock and mantle it’s the lube of platonic’s. It doesn’t have to be the surface water. California could find and tapped all its water needs in the bedrock or below and bring fresh hot water to the surface without fear of reducing volume because its size is so immense. An ocean underground.🤗🇺🇸
I live the central high pains of Mexico and have often thought of taking a hammer and wandering around the desert close to my house. How would I go about finding geology maps similar to what you have that feature my area? Oh BTW, I love you back.
You know, you mentioned one of my 'rock star' rocks, Tonalite. This rock was first introduced to me at Devils Tower and I was told by Dr. Sanderson as it got its name from the peculiar ring it makes when getting hammered on with a rock hammer. It makes a special ringing type of sound. Pretty cool, eh?
Thoroughly enjoyed it!! Love your field trip videos. I "almost" feel like I'm right out there with ya. Love the discovery aspect. Thank you again, and again, and again.
I have done the 4x4 trail that comes in from the naches river side, I believe it is forest road 676, it’s the continuation of the main road going up to quartz mountain. Beautiful drive, high clearance vehicles only.
Nick, thanks for your work. I watched the program with me heels on the desk. I made a meatloaf and ate while enjoying your fine work. My meatloaf on the the other hand tasted like diorite. I should just have ordered a pizza.
Just north of McCall, Idaho, is the Idaho batholith and Granite Mountain. If you head toward Burgdorf Hot Springs (which is an excellent idea...) you will find the hot spring is right next to Crystal Mountain. It is literally a mountain of quartz. Not crystals, but snowy white quartz. I know the rocks are trying to tell me a story, I have never quite figured out what that story is. I was hoping maybe that was the story you were going to tell me in this video, but no luck. So let me put a bug in your ear and see if maybe you might get curious and do a video on it? You can't get there until about June, but I assure you, you would love it. Nook a cabin at the spring, spend a couple days, it is a great get-away. And I could toss in one more enticement... Ruby Mountain is also right there. I know, I know, you are a Washington guy now but Idaho still loves you...Come play with our rocks some more lol!
Some ideas to talk about: Crack in the Ground, OR (near Christmas Valley), Dry lakes in the Oregon Chicago Valley, Steens Mountain (large fault-block mountain) next to the Alvord Desert (OR).
From Google, more specifically wikipedia: "In geology, a cupola is an upward protrusion from the roof of a large igneous intrusion, such as a batholith. It may also refer to small outlying igneous bodies which may connect at depth with larger igneous masses."
Okanogan County Geologic Society is a group of "amateur" rock chasers with a collectively huge knowledge base. Some of them even have their own rock hammers.
Hello, Nick from NSW Australia. I'd safely assume that the earlier field Geologists would have identified most of the rocks and minerals mentioned by Thin Slide mounted samples. In the case of the Granitic rocks, thinned sliced twice (90 deg) It's really the only way to accurately identify rocks, especially the fine-grained types.
The Dry Meadow and Hereford meadow legends caught my eye and brought to mind the dwarfed botany in the Siskiyou serpentine zone. Could the soils of these meadows be derived from the lookout mountain schists?
I got cought in a fast moving mid summer thunder and lighting storm on top of look out mountain a few years back . It was intense and scared the crap out of me . I made a record decent back down to my campsite.
In geology, a cupola is an upward protrusion from the roof of a large igneous intrusion, such as a batholith. It may also refer to small outlying igneous bodies which may connect at depth with larger igneous masses. Cupola-type magma chambers might form above larger basaltic magma bodies and differentiate to create intermediate or felsic magmas, which in turn may reach the surface to produce small eruptions of intermediate or felsic lava.
I grew up on Cove Rd, we used to make loops up Taneum or Menastesh Canyon on old Irrigation motor bikes, one of the rides took us down Peaches Ridge, hell of a ride on motorbikes, probably want to be dropped off on Quartz and then wander down Taneum Creek to your other car.
For the exotic terranes discussions, do you think the land from Mexico came up as one big sliver with some uplifted sea bed attached, or did the land move up as islands, capturing the seabed as it moved. The colored terrane maps show islands of exotic terranes pushed and spread out against the Stuart Range like mud that might encounter a non moving object and flow around. That is where my thought came from. Not descriptive enough for a title, but Slip Slide and Away.
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The Quartz MTN. I know is at the far end of Manastash ridge as far out from town as the road will take you. Past Buck Meadows, past frost mountain which has a lot of Quartz( what they digging up their for anyway?) Keep on going past Hereford and Wells meadows and boom there you are.🤗🚙🚙🚙🚙
On the margins of quarts viens you find metals , copper silver an gold...1850s they would test mine every vein they could find..they test paned every stream . They inspected every sand bar. And they were pretty smart..
In geology, a cupola is an upward protrusion from the roof of a large igneous intrusion, such as a batholith. It may also refer to small outlying igneous bodies which may connect at depth with larger igneous masses. Cupola (geology) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cupola_(geology)
"Cupola" implies some sort of dome structure or a small dome inside or on top of a larger dome; in geologic terms I don't know if "cupola" is that much different from "outcrop," depending on its origins.
left most peak with snow- 3 Queens, double dark towers with prominent snow below- Chimney rocks, next right of fir tree- Summit Chief, and yes I think you were right, Mt. Danial on the north end. Viewing at 10 min.
NICK, MIGHT THERE BE A CHANCE TO GET THE USERS ACROSS THE VARIOUS AREAS INVOLVED IN SUPPLYING VIDEO CLIPS, ANY DETAILS AND LOCAL SAMPLES OF THE EXOTIC TERRANES IN QUESTION, AND SPECIFICALLY ONES YOU DONT HAVE AND ARE INTERESTED IN FOR THE FALL SERIES? PUT US TO WORK ON THE TASK, I AM SURE THERE ARE PLENTY PEOPLE HERE THAT WOULD LOVE TO HELP IN ANY WAYS THEY CAN! MAYBE YOU COULD COLLECT AND FILTER ENOUGH DATA TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT.
Great idea! Since watching Nick's "On the Fly" videos on exotic terranes, I have been researching them here in SC, as well. Found out that a big chunk of our state, the so-called "Carolina Slate Belt", is an exotic terrane, although NOT made of slate. It's actually mostly gneiss and other metamorphosed igneous rock and was originally part of South America.
Money! Always good! Loved this excursion, but how in the world do you make sense of the bits of fruit cake? Watch, listen, read, observe and learn I guess!
Good idea...your gonna need a pile of rocks, examples ready to be " tested ". Into dust...50 are easy to find 50 are gonna be hard/ expensive or both...not an easy class ,with out hands on..... times...also maps ..a scale and graduated cylinder..to configure specific graviety.
Nick you miss a big opportunity. Why is Quartz Mountain not forested like surrounding mountains? I don't see evidence of burned trunks or even reproduction of young forest trees. So fire is not the reason. What is happening here? Could it be that the soil cannot support the forest species that the surrounding mountains do? Are th soil minerals different on Quartz Mountain? I believe there is a chemical reason that Quartz Mountain is not forested. My first introduction to Continental Drift was in a 1973 Graduate Seminar at Central Washington State College. Before that I took "Rocks 101" from then State Senator Charnley at Shoreline Community College. "You mean continents move?" what a surprise. I had absolutely no Paleontology courses available as part of my University of Washington Zoology degree. Fortunately Central had both Paleobotany K-burg and Paleo-mammal courses available. But I was trained to identify the plant fauna and then ask the question, is this the plant community that you would expect, given the moisture (rain or snow, temperatures (which often means elevation) or is something missing? Is there a limiting factor, like soil minerals, that is shaping the plant community (forest in this case)?
