Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 2 (SE California Carbonate Assemblage) (CAC2;0)

State	California
Name	Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 2 (SE California Carbonate Assemblage)
Geologic age	Mississippian to Early Permian
Original map label	C
Comments	Southeastern California carbonate assemblage (eastern Mojave Desert and southeastern Death Valley area). Consists primarily of limestone with minor siltstone and sandstone.Includes some rocks of Early Permian age,
Primary rock type	limestone
Secondary rock type	mudstone
Other rock types	sandstone
Lithologic constituents
Map references	Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., and Rogers, T.H., 1977, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:750,000.
Unit references	Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., and Rogers, T.H., 1977, Geologic map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:750,000. Jennings, C.W., 1985, An explanatory text to accompany the 1:750,000 scale fault and geologic maps of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 201, 197 p. Streitz, Robert, and Stinson, M.C., 1977, Geologic map of California, Death Valley sheet, scale 1:250,000. Jennings, C.W., 1961, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Kingman sheet, scale 1:250,000. Bishop, C.C., 1964, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Needles sheet, scale 1:250,000. Jennings, C.W., Burnett, J.L., and Troxel, B.W., 1963, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Trona sheet, scale 1:250,000. Ross, D.C., 1967, Generalized geologic map of the Inyo Mountains region, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-506, scale 1:125,000. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i506] Stone, Paul, Dunne, G.C., Stevens, C.H., and Gulliver, R.M., 1989, Geologic map of Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks in parts of the Darwin and adjacent quadrangles, Inyo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1932, scale 1:31,250. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1932] Stevens, C.H., Klingman, D.S., Sandberg, C.A., Stone, Paul, Belasky, Paul, Poole, F.G., and Snow, J.K., 1996, Mississippian stratigraphic framework of east-central California and southern Nevada with revision of Upper Devonian and Mississippian stratigraphic units in Inyo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1988-J, 39 p. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1988J] Stone, Paul, Stevens, C.H., and Magginetti, R.T., 1987, Pennsylvanian and Permian stratigraphy of the northern Argus Range and Darwin Canyon area, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1691, 30 p. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1691] Hunt, C.B., and Mabey, D.R., 1966, Stratigraphy and structure, Death Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 494-A, 162 p. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp494A] Burchfiel, B.C., Hamill, G.S., IV, and Wilhelms, D.E., 1982, Stratigraphy of the Montgomery Mountains and the northern half of the Nopah and Resting Spring Ranges, Nevada and California: Geological Society of America Map and Chart Series MC-44, 9 p., scale 1:62,500. Workman, J.B., Menges, C.M., Page, W.R., Taylor, E.M., Ekren, E.B., Rowley, P.D., Dixon, G.L., Thompson, R.A., and Wright, L.A., 2002, Geologic map of the Death Valley ground-water model area, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-A, 46 p., scale 1:250,000. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2381A]
Geographic coverage	Inyo - San Bernardino