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Triassic marine rocks, unit 6 (Southern Sierra Nevada)

Shale, conglomerate, limestone and dolomite, sandstone, slate, hornfels, quartzite; minor pyroclastic rocks
StateCalifornia
NameTriassic marine rocks, unit 6 (Southern Sierra Nevada)
Geologic ageLate Triassic to Early Jurassic
Original map labelTr
CommentsSouthern Sierra Nevada. Sandstone, hornfels, and marble of Mineral King pendant
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typehornfels
Other rock typesmarble; volcanic rock (aphanitic); slate
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.
Saleeby, J.B., and Busby, Cathy, 1993, Paleogeographic and tectonic setting of axial and western metamorphic framework rocks of the southern Sierra Nevada, California, in Dunne, G.C., and McDougall, K.A., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the western United States-II: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Book 71, p. 197-226.
Geographic coverageTulare

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