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  Mirage Valley Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: 37 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: El Mirage, Hi Vista
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Late Quaternary
OTHER NOTES: The Mirage Valley fault becomes a fairly complex zone of faulting within the Shadow Mountains, at its eastern end.

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This fault is featured on the following map:

MOJAVE FAULT MAP