The Sycamore Canyon Primitive Area includes the canyons of Sycamore Creek and of its tributaries which are incised deeply into the south edge of the Colorado Plateau. The walls of these canyons are nearly flat-lying sedimentary Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks mostly sandstone, limestone, and siltstone.

Detailed geology reports and maps published by the Arizona Geological Survey. Geology data derived from the Geologic Map of Arizona. Geologic maps from the AZGS Document Repository. Click below to view the legends. Detachment fault (sense of slip unspecified) (1st option)—Identity and existence certain, location accurate.

rims of Sycamore canyon and the structural features such as faults which affect them, have been determined. These are shown on a geologic map, constructed largely by means of aneroid barometer and Brunton compass, on a U. S. Geolo­ gical Survey map of the Flagstaff Quadrangle.

Huff, L.C., Santos, Elmer, and Raabe, R.G., 1966, Mineral resources of the Sycamore Canyon Primitive Area, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1230-F, p. F1-F19 ...

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Sycamore Basin country in the northeastern part of the quadrangle; and a small cliff-dwelling in the east wall of Sycamore Canyon, about 2 or 3 miles above its mouth. A branch line of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway connects Clarkdale with Drake which is west of the area mapped (fig. 70).

Sycamore Canyon is the second largest canyon in the Arizona redrock country, after Oak Creek Canyon. The 21-mile (34 km) long scenic canyon reaches a maximum width of about 7 miles (11 km). It is in North Central Arizona bordering and below the Mogollon Rim, and is located west and northwest of Sedona in Yavapai and Coconino counties.

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Sycamore Canyon Wilderness is a 56,000-acre (22,662 ha) wilderness area in the Coconino, Kaibab and Prescott national forests in the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] Encompassing Sycamore Canyon and its surrounds from south of Williams to the confluence of Sycamore ... Relevant United States Geological Survey (USGS) map quadrangles are Davenport Hill ...