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Pliocene basalts

StateUtah
NamePliocene basalts
Geologic agePliocene
Original map labelTpb
Primary rock typebasalt
Secondary rock typerhyolite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basaltic-andesite (Flow)
Incidental
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Flow)
Map references
Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Hintze, L.F., 1988, Geologic History of Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 7, 202 p.
Todd, V.R., 1983, Late Miocene displacement of pre-Tertiary and Tertiary rocks in the Matlin Mountains, northwestern Utah: Geological Society of America Memoir 157, p. 239-270.
Geographic coverageBeaver - Box Elder - Cache - Garfield - Juab - Millard - Piute - Sevier - Tooele - Utah - Wayne

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