Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 6 (Northeastern Sierra Nevada) (CAC6;0)

State	California
Name	Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 6 (Northeastern Sierra Nevada)
Geologic age	Mississippian to Early Permian
Original map label	C
Comments	Northeastern Sierra Nevada. Upper member of Peale Fm. of McMath (1966). Consists primarily of thin-bedded chert; also includes volcaniclastic graywacke, breccia, and slate
Primary rock type	chert
Secondary rock type	graywacke
Other rock types	sedimentary breccia; slate
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. Burnett, J.L., and Jennings, C.W., 1962, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Chico sheet, scale 1:250,000. Lydon, P.A., Gay, T.E., Jr., and Jennings, C.W., 1960, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Westwood sheet, scale 1:250,000. Saucedo, G.J., and Wagner, D.L., 1992, Geologic map of the Chico quadrangle, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Regional Geologic Map Series, Map 7A, scale 1:250,000. Harwood, D.S., 1992, Stratigraphy of Paleozoic and lower Mesozoic rocks in the Northern Sierra Terrane, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1957, 78 p., scale 1:250,000. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1957] D'Allura, J.A., Moores, E.M., and Robinson, L., 1977, Paleozoic rocks of the northern Sierra Nevada: their structural and paleogeographic implications, in Stewart, J.H., Stevens, C.H., and Fritsche, A.E., eds., Paleozoic paleogeography of the western United States: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium 1, p. 395-408. Grose, T.L.T., Saucedo, G.J., and Wagner, D.L., 1990, Geologic map of the Susanville quadrangle, Lassen and Plumas Counties, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 91-1, 25 p., scale 1:100,000. McMath, V.E., 1966, Geology of the Taylorsville area, northern Sierra Nevada, in Bailey, E.H., ed., Geology of northern California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 190, p. 173-183.
Geographic coverage	Plumas