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Basalt and andesite intrusions (Pliocene, Miocene, and Oligocene?)

Sills, plugs and dikes of basaltic andesite, basalt, and andesite. Mostly represents feeders, exposed by erosion, for flows and flow breccias of units Tba and Trb. Includes a few dikes of hornblende and plagioclase porphyritic andesite, commonly altered, and aphyric basaltic andesite that probably were feeders for parts of unit Tub
StateOregon
NameBasalt and andesite intrusions (Pliocene, Miocene, and Oligocene?)
Geologic ageOligocene(?) to Pliocene
Original map labelTib
Primary rock typebasalt
Secondary rock typeandesite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Mafic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-andesite (Stock or pipe)
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Mafic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-basaltic-andesite (Stock or pipe)
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Mafic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-basalt (Pyroclastic, tuff)
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Mafic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-basaltic-andesite (Dike or sill)
Incidental
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Mafic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-andesite (Dike or sill)
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Mafic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-basalt (Dike or sill)
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.
Geographic coverageClackamas - Douglas - Hood River - Jackson - Jefferson - Klamath - Lane - Linn - Malheur - Marion - Multnomah

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