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Flows and clastic rocks, undifferentiated (Miocene)

Chiefly basaltic andesite and andesite lava flows and flow breccia containing plagioclase and pyroxene (hypersthene and augite) phenocrysts, mudflows (lahars), and volcanic conglomerates; locally includes some dacite flows. Includes lesser, coarse- to fine-grained epiclastic volcanic sedimentary rocks and ash-flow and air-fall tuffs. Partly equivalent in age to unit Tba and may be partly coeval with younger parts of unit Tstb. Locally altered adjacent to larger intrusions. The oldest radiometrically dated rocks assigned to this unit are about 17 Ma (Sutter, 1978); in part lapped by flows questionably assigned to unit Tba, radiometrically dated at about 10 Ma, and unconformably overlain by flows of unit Trb. Includes some of rocks formerly mapped as Sardine Formation and some mapped as Rhododendron Formation
StateOregon
NameFlows and clastic rocks, undifferentiated (Miocene)
Geologic ageMiocene
Original map labelTfc
Primary rock typebasalt
Secondary rock typeandesite
Other rock typespyroclastic; clastic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Flow)
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic (Pyroclastic)
Igneous > Volcanic (Volcaniclastic, lahar)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic (Pyroclastic, ash-flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic (Pyroclastic, air fall)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
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.
Sutter, J.F., 1978, K-Ar ages of Cenozoic volcanic rocks from the Oregon Cascades west of 121o 30': Isochron/West, no. 21, p. 15-21.
Geographic coverageClackamas - Douglas - Hood River - Lane - Linn - Marion - Multnomah

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