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This project is funded by grants from Mohave Community College, the Mohave Community College Foundation, and the Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Club.
Funding was secured to cover transportation and sign construction costs. Permits from the three Bureau of Land Management districts covering Mohave County, the Arizona Department of Transportation, and the National Park Service were obtained in order to collect on government land, which covers a good portion of the county.
Many thanks to Al Montbriand and Carl Rovey who supplied the vehicle and trailer to haul the boulders, and special thanks to Dr. Timothy Montbriand, Vice President of University Studies at Mohave Community College, who was instrumental in acquiring the boulder specimen.
I would also like to thank the Lake Havasu campus maintanence crew, Lloyd Wells, Larry Burke, Gary Harvey, and Levi McKenzie for their help and to Jim Day of Gold Star Engraving for his help in producing the signs. A special thanks goes to Dr. Keith Howard of the U. S. Geological Survey and to Dr. Ernest Duebendorfer of Northern Arizona University for their help in identifying the rock name of particular boulders.
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Method of specimen collection - The concept of boulder collection is simple, just lift, carry, and drop into place. However, devising a way to lift boulders up to one ton in weight was the hardest portion of the project implementation due to the lack of available heavy equipment. This problem was solved by donated time of a Suburban to haul an eight-foot long homemade trailer (Figure 3) with a lift boom. A one-ton budget chain pulley system with a trolley on the lift boom was used to pick up the boulders. The very best examples of some rock types were not accessible as we were restricted to those boulders that lay next to existing roads. A maximum trailer capacity is two to three boulders depending on size and weight.
A Brief Overview of the Geology of Mohave County - For a brief overview of the geology of Mohave County, please look at the pages for the Basin & Range, Colorado River Corridor, and Colorado Plateau. |
