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Terrace gravels (Pleistocene and Pliocene)

Unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, poorly sorted gravels and bouldery soil above modern stream channels. In Cascade Range, clasts mostly basalt and andesite. Includes some glacial outwash deposits. In Eastern Oregon, commonly cemented by caliche
StateOregon
NameTerrace gravels (Pleistocene and Pliocene)
Geologic agePliocene to Pleistocene
Original map labelQTg
Primary rock typegravel
Secondary rock typealluvial terrace
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate > Conglomerate-sandstone (Bed)
Map references
Walker, G.W. and MacLeod, N.S., 1991, Geologic map of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Walker, G.W. and MacLeod, N.S., 1991, Geologic map of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Walker, G.W., 1977, Geologic map of Oregon east of the 121st meridian: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-902, scale 1:500,000.
Wolff, E.N., 1965, The geology of the northern half of the Caviness quadrangle, Oregon: Eugene, University of Oregon, Ph.D. dissertation, 214 p.
Evans, J.G., 1990a, Geology and mineral resources map of the Jonesboro Quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geologic Map Series GMS-66, scale 1:24,000.
Brooks, H.C., Ferns, M.L., and Mullen, A.D., 1982, Geology and mineral deposits of the Granite quadrangle, Grant County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geologic Map Series GMS-25, scale 1:24,000.
Evans, J.G., Geologic map of the Dooley Mountain quadrangle, Baker County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle GQ-1694, scale 1: 24,000.
Ferns, M.L., 1989, Geology and mineral resources of the Adrian quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-56, scale 1:24,000.
Ferns, M.L., Brooks, H.C., and Ducette, J., 1982, Geology and mineral resources map of the Mt. Ireland quadrangle, Baker and Grant Counties, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series, GMS-22, scale 1:24,000.
Brown, D.E., 1982, Map showing geology and geothermal resources of the Vale East 71/2' quadrangle, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-21, scale 1:24,000.
Brooks, H.C., 1979, Geologic map of the Oregon part of the Mineral quadrangle: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-12, scale 1:62,500.
Ferns, M.L. and Urbanczyk, K.M., 1990, Geology and mineral resources mao of the Mitchell Butte quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-61, scale 1:24,000.
Ramp, Len, and Ferns, M.L., 1989, Geology and mineral resources map of the Double Mountain quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-58, scale 1:24,000.
Brooks, H.C., Geology and mineral resources map of the Vines Hill quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-63, scale 1:24,000.
Evans, J.G., 1989, Geologic map of the Desolation Butte quadrangle, Grant and Umatilla Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle GQ-1654, scale 1:62,500.
Evans, J.G., 1993, Geologic map of the Brannan Gulch quadrangle, Baker County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle GQ-1744, scale 1:24,000.
Prostka, H.J., 1968, Geologic map of the Ironside 15' quad, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, scale 1:62,500.
Evans, J.G., Rytuba, J.J., Binger, G.B., and Hooper, P.R., 1999, Preliminary geologic map of the Star Creek Reservoir quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-583, scale 1:24,000.
Ferns, M.L. and Urbanczyk, K., 1990, Preliminary geologic map of the Kane Spring Gulch quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Open-File Map O-90-03, scale 1:24,000.
Rytuba, J.J., Vander Meulen, D.B., Vercoutere, T.L., and Minor, S.A., 1982b, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Borax Lake quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1126, scale 1:24,000.
Johnson, J.A., Hooper, P.R., Hawkesworth, C.J., and Binger, G.B., 1998b, Geologic map of the Stemmler Ridge quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-105, scale 1:24,000.
Minor, S.A., Vander Meulen, D.B., Rytuba, J.J., and Vercoutere, T.L., 1989, Geologic map of The V quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-351, scale 1:24,000.
Rytuba, J.J., Bateson, J.T., Curtis, D.L., Jr., and Cox, G.A., 1983, Geologic map of the Little Whitehorse Creek quadrangle, Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1472, scale 1:24,000.
Rytuba, J.J., Minor, S.A., Conrad, W.K., and Vander Meulen, D.B., 1982, Geologic map of the Trout Creek Canyon quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-281, scale 1:24,000.
Rytuba, J.J., Minor, S.A., Miller, R.J., and Vander Meulen, D.B., 1983, Geologic map of the Red Mountain quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0282, scale 1:24,000.
Rytuba, J.J., Minor, S.A., Miller, R.J., and Vander Meulen, D.B., 1983, Geologic map of the Red Lookout Butte quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0283, scale 1:24,000.
Rytuba, J.J., Minor, S.A., and Vander Meulen, D.B., 1983, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Whitehorse Ranch quadrangle, Harney and Malheur Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0284, scale 1:24,000.
Rytuba, J.J., Minor, S.A., and Vander Meulen, D.B., 1983, Geologic map of the Pole Canyon quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0285, scale 1:24,000.
Vander Meulen, D.B., Rytuba, J.J., Grubensky, M.J., and Goeldner, C.A., 1987, Geologic map of the Bannock Ridge 7.5' quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1903A, scale 1:24,000.
Vander Meulen, D.B., Rytuba, J.J., Minor, S.A., and Harwood, C.S., 1989, Preliminary geologic map of the Three Fingers Rock quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-344, scale 1:24,000.
Whitsun, N.W., 1988, Geochemical stratigraphy of the Dooley Rhyolite Breccia and Tertiary basalts in the Dooley Mountain quadrangle, Oregon: Portland, Oregon, Portland State University, master's thesis, 122 p.
Carlat, J.E., 1954, The geology of the southwestern part of the Jamieson quadrangle, Oregon: Eugene, University of Oregon, master's thesis, 86 p.
Waters, A.C., 1968, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Madras quadrangle, Jeffereson and Wasco Counties, Oregon" U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geological Investigations Map I-555, scale 1;125,000.
Geographic coverageBaker - Crook - Grant - Harney - Jefferson - Lake - Linn - Malheur - Wasco

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