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GEOMORPHIC SETTING: Buckhorn Mountain is an exposed decomposed granite batholith which separates Shasta and Trinity Counties in NW California. Highway 299 W traverses Buckhorn Mountain for almost 15 miles over steep mountainous terrain. The Shasta Bally Batholith granitics have a high percentage of biotite and mica-type minerals that weather easily. Weathering is extensive because the batholith is deeply fractured, thus allowing the intrusion of water.
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Goldsmith, W., Gray, D., McCullah, J. (2014). Project #13: Buckhorn Mountain. In: Bioengineering Case Studies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7996-3_14
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