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Rhyolite ot trachyte ignimbrites and flows; Pliocene felsic volcanics; eastern Snake River Plain and vicinity

Pliocene silicic welded tuff, ash, and flow rock; most common in southwestern Idaho.
StateIdaho
NameRhyolite ot trachyte ignimbrites and flows; Pliocene felsic volcanics; eastern Snake River Plain and vicinity
Geologic agePliocene
Original map labelTpf; Qp?g; Qpg; Qplf; QTg; Ti; Tpv
CommentsTpf includes Kirkham Hollow Volcanics (rhyolitic welded tuffs, flows, and non-welded tuffs of Pliocene age) and the following informally named and unnamed felsic volcanic units of Pliocene age: on the Driggs quad (ID101): Rhyolite tuff (Trt), Rhyolite (Tr), Rhyolite and trachyte (Ttr), silicic volcanic rocks (Tsr); on the Dubois quad (ID050), Pliocene Edie School rhyolite (Tesr), and on the Ashton quad (ID100), Pliocene Rhyolite (Tr)
Primary rock typerhyolite
Secondary rock typetrachyte
Other rock typesignimbrite; lava flow; tuff; volcanic breccia (agglomerate)
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Pyroclastic, ash-flow)welded tuff
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Flow)rhyolitic flows
Incidental
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Trachyte (Pyroclastic, ash-flow)trachytic welded tuff
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)volcanic breccia
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.
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 Ashton quadrangle, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map Series, Ashton 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 coverageBingham - Boise - Bonneville - Caribou - Cassia - Clark - Fremont - Gem - Jefferson - Madison - Teton

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