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| State | California |
|---|---|
| Name | Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 3 (Eastern Sierra Nevada) |
| Geologic age | Late Proterozoic(?) to Mesozoic(?) |
| Original map label | Pz |
| Comments | Eastern Sierra Nevada. Structurally complex rocks composed primarily of hornfels, schist, and quartzite. Includes rocks of Cambrian to Pennsylvanian age, and possibly some rocks of Mesozoic age |
| Primary rock type | hornfels |
| Secondary rock type | quartzite |
| Other rock types | conglomerate; phyllite; schist; marble; chert; argillite; sandstone |
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| 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. Matthews, R.A., and Burnett, J.L., 1966, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Fresno sheet, scale 1:250,000. Strand, R.G., 1967, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Mariposa sheet, scale 1:250,000. Koenig, J.B., 1963, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Walker Lake sheet, scale 1:250,000. Stevens, C.H., and Greene, D.C., 1999, Stratigraphy, depositional history, and tectonic evolution of Paleozoic continental-margin rocks in roof pendants of the eastern Sierra Nevada, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, p. 919-933. Schweickert, R.A., and Lahren, M.M., 1993, Tectonics of the east-central Sierra Nevada--Saddlebag Lake and Northern Ritter Range pendants, in Lahren, M.M., Trexler, J.H., Jr., and Spinosa, C., eds., Crustal evolution of the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada: Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Guidebook, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, p. 313-351. Chesterman, C.W., and Gray, C.H., Jr., 1975, Geology of the Bodie quadrangle, Mono County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Map Sheet 21, scale 1:48,000. Chesterman, C.W., 1975, Geology of the Matterhorn Peak quadrangle, Mono and Tuolumne Counties, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Map Sheet 22, scale 1:48,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Fresno - Inyo - Mono - Tuolumne |
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