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Rhyolite flows and ignimbrites; Late Pleistocene felsic volcanics; Yellowstone Plateau (subunits are Qpu1f and Qpu2f)

Upper Pleistocene silicic volcanic units; in eastern Idaho subdivisions are (Qpu3f, Qpu2f, Qpu1f)
StateIdaho
NameRhyolite flows and ignimbrites; Late Pleistocene felsic volcanics; Yellowstone Plateau (subunits are Qpu1f and Qpu2f)
Geologic ageLate Pleistocene
Original map labelQpuf
Primary rock typerhyolite
Secondary rock typelava flow
Other rock typesignimbrite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Pyroclastic, ash-flow)rhyolitic ash-flow tuffs from Yellowstone Caldera
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Flow)rhyolitic flows from vents in Yellowstone Caldera
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.
O'Neill, J.M, and Christiansen, R.L., 2002, Geologic map of the Hebgen Lake quadrangle, Beaverhead, Madison, and Gallatin Counties, Montana, Park and Teton Counties, Wyoming, and Clark and Fremont Counties, Idaho: U.S. Geological survey Open-File Report 02-464, 1:100,000 scale with pamphlet, 20 p.
Mitchell, V.E.., and Bennett, E.H., 1979, Geologic map of the Ashton quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map Series, Ashton 2o Quadrangle, scale 1:250,000.
Christiansen, R.L., and Blank, H.R., Jr., 1972, Volcanic stratigraphy of the Quaternary rhyolite plateau in Yellowstone National Park: in Geology of Yellowstone National Park: U.S. Geological survey Professional Paper 729-B, p. B1-B18.
Geographic coverageBonneville - Fremont

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