Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 6 (Northwestern Sierra Nevada) (CAPZ6;0)

State	California
Name	Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 6 (Northwestern Sierra Nevada)
Geologic age	Permian(?) to Jurassic(?)
Original map label	Pz
Comments	Northwestern Sierra Nevada, west of Melones fault. Sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks, primarily argillite, phyllite, and chert
Primary rock type	argillite
Secondary rock type	phyllite
Other rock types	slate; chert; marble; greenstone; 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. 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. Edelman, S.H., Day, H.W., Moores, E.M., Zigan, S.M., Murphy, T.P., and Hacker, B.R., 1989, Structure across a Mesozoic ocean-continent suture zone in the northern Sierra Nevada, California: Geological Society of America Special Paper 224, 56 p. Silberling, N.J., Jones, D.L., Blake, M.C., Jr., and Howell, D.G., 1987, Lithotectonic terrane map of the western conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1874-C, scale 1:2,500,000. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1874C] 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. Hietanen, A., 1981, The Feather River area as a part of the Sierra Nevada suture system in California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1226-B, 13 p. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1226AC]
Geographic coverage	Butte - Nevada - Placer - Plumas - Sierra - Yuba