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Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 7 (Southeastern Klamath Mountains)

Undivided Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks. Includes slate, sandstone, shale, chert, conglomerate, limestone, dolomite, marble, phyllite, schist, hornfels, and quartzite
StateCalifornia
NamePaleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 7 (Southeastern Klamath Mountains)
Geologic ageDevonian(?)
Original map labelPz
CommentsSoutheastern Klamath Mountains. Small areas of gneiss and amphibolite questionably interpreted as metamorphosed volcanic rocks of Copley Greenstone (Irwin, 1994)
Primary rock typegneiss
Secondary rock typeamphibolite
Other rock types
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.
Strand, R.G., 1962, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Redding sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Fraticelli, L.A., Albers, J.P., Irwin, W.P., and Blake, M.C., Jr., 1987, Geologic map of the Redding 1 X 2 degree quadrangle, Shasta, Tehama, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-257, scale 1:250,000.
Irwin, W.P., 1994, Geologic map of the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2148, scale 1:500,000.
Geographic coverageShasta - Trinity

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