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Triassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley area and Mojave Desert)

Shale, conglomerate, limestone and dolomite, sandstone, slate, hornfels, quartzite; minor pyroclastic rocks
StateCalifornia
NameTriassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley area and Mojave Desert)
Geologic ageEarly to Middle Triassic
Original map labelTr
CommentsSoutheastern California. Shale, sandstone, and limestone
Primary rock typemudstone
Secondary rock typelimestone
Other rock typessandstone; hornfels; quartzite; conglomerate; dolostone (dolomite)
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.
Streitz, Robert, and Stinson, M.C., 1977, Geologic map of California, Death Valley sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Matthews, R.A., and Burnett, J.L., 1966, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Fresno sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Jennings, C.W., 1961, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Kingman sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Bishop, C.C., 1964, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Needles sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Jennings, C.W., Burnett, J.L., and Troxel, B.W., 1963, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Trona sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Stone, Paul, Stevens, C.H., and Orchard, M.J., 1991, Stratigraphy of the Lower and Middle(?) Triassic Union Wash Formation, east-central California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1928, 26 p.
Walker, J.D., and Wardlaw, B.R., 1989, Implications of Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks in the Soda Mountains, northeastern Mojave Desert, California, for late Paleozoic and Mesozoic Cordilleran orogenesis: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 101, p. 1574-1583.
Cole, R.D., 1986, Geology of the Butte Valley and Warm Springs Formations, southern Panamint Range, Inyo County, California [M.S. thesis]: Fresno, California State University, 132 p.
Geographic coverageInyo - San Bernardino

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