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Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 3 (Eastern Sierra Nevada)

Undivided Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks. Includes slate, sandstone, shale, chert, conglomerate, limestone, dolomite, marble, phyllite, schist, hornfels, and quartzite
StateCalifornia
NamePaleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 3 (Eastern Sierra Nevada)
Geologic ageLate Proterozoic(?) to Mesozoic(?)
Original map labelPz
CommentsEastern 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 typehornfels
Secondary rock typequartzite
Other rock typesconglomerate; phyllite; schist; marble; chert; argillite; 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.
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 coverageFresno - Inyo - Mono - Tuolumne

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