Western edge of Convict Lake showing Laurel Mountain (highest peak) and Sevehah Cliff. Laurel Mountain and Sevehah Cliff are part of the roof pendant of Paleozoic metasedimentary rock that was raised and compressed by injected underlying molten magma that formed the Sierra Nevada batholith.
Detail of Laurel Mountain and Sevehah Cliff where metasedimentary layers were lifted and tilted vertical by rising magma.
Detail of metasedimentary layers of Sevehah Cliff, Convict Lake. Geologic layers include calcareous quartz sandstone, black chert, argillite, hornfels, slate and quartzite form from sedimentary layers laid down in the Ordivician, Silurian, and Devonian Periods.
Distorted layers of hornfels, at base of Sevehah Cliff, Convict Lake
Slate, at base of Sevehah Cliff, Convict Lake
Granite from Sierra Nevada batholith, Convict Lake
Weathered sandstone, Convict Lake
Weathered hornfels, Convict Lake
Quartzite-rich metamorphic rock, at base of Sevehah Cliff, Convict Lake
