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Gravel, sand, and silt; Quaternary basin-filling alluvium; Snake River Plain, Basin and Range provinces

Quaternary detritus; generally basin-filling deposits of central and southern Idaho.
StateIdaho
NameGravel, sand, and silt; Quaternary basin-filling alluvium; Snake River Plain, Basin and Range provinces
Geologic ageQuaternary
Original map labelQd
CommentsQd includes proximal bouldery to silty distal alluvial fan deposits of Pleistocene to Pliocene age, and alluvial valley-fill and terrace deposits of Pinedale age. It is present in wide structural valleys and along major streams in such valleys
Primary rock typealluvium
Secondary rock typealluvial fan
Other rock typesalluvial terrace
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Alluvial)distal fan and mainstream alluvium
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Alluvial)alluvial fan and mainstream alluvium
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Alluvial)proximal alluvial fan
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Boulders (Alluvial)proximal alluvial fan
Map references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Bond, J.G., Kauffman, J.D., Miller, D.A., and Venkatakrishnan, Ramesh, 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, with contributions from U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Scott, W.E., 1982, Surficial geologic map of the eastern Snake River Plain and adjacent areas, 111o to 115o W., Idaho and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-1372, scale 1:250,000.
Rember, W.C., and Bennett, E.H., 1979, Geologic map of the Pocatello quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map Series, Pocatello 2o quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.
Rember, W.C., and Bennett, E.H., 1979, Geologic map of the Dubois quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Map Series, Dubois 2o quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.
Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1979, Geologic map of the Driggs quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map Series, Driggs 2o Quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageBannock - Boise - Butte - Cassia - Clark - Custer - Jefferson - Lemhi - Oneida - Owyhee - Power - Teton - Twin Falls - Valley - Washington

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