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| State | Washington |
|---|---|
| Name | Carboniferous-Permian sedimentary and volcanic rocks |
| Geologic age | Devonian to Permian; some Jurassic |
| Original map label | PMPm |
| Comments | Dragovich and others, 2002, reports that this unit is mostly metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of the types listed above. |
| Primary rock type | graywacke |
| Secondary rock type | siltstone |
| Other rock types | greenstone; phyllite; chert; argillite; arkose; shale; andesite; spilite; limestone; marble; quartzite; slate; conglomerate |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Graywacke (Bed) Minor
Metamorphic > Quartzite Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Metamorphic > Argillite Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed) Metamorphic > Greenstone Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed) Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed) Metamorphic > Slate Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed) Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Flow) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arkose (Bed) Metamorphic > PhyllitePossibly minor in rank. Metamorphic > Marble |
| Map references | Huntting, M. T., Bennett, W. A. G., Livingston, V. E. Jr., Moen, W. S., 1961, Geologic Map of Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:500,000. |
| Unit references | Huntting, M. T., Bennett, W. A. G., Livingston, V. E. Jr., Moen, W. S., 1961, Geologic Map of Washington: Washington Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:500,000. Misch, P., 1977, Bedrock Geology of the North Cascades, in Brown, E. H. and Ellis, R. C. (eds.), Geological Excursions in the Pacific Northwest, Geological Society of America 1977 Annual Meeting, Seattle: Western Washington University, p. 1-62. Dragovich, J. D., Logan, R. L., Schasse, H. W., Walsh, T. J., Lingley, W. S., Jr., Norman, D. K., Gerstel, W. J., Lapen, T. J., Schuster, J. E., Meyers, K. D., 2002, Geologic Map of Washington-Northwest Quadrant: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Geologic Map GM-50, scale 1:250,000. Tabor, R. W., Haugerud, R. A., Booth, D. B., Brown, E. H., 1994, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Mount Baker 30- by 60-Minute Quadrangle, Washington: U. S. Geological Survey Open File Report 94-403, 55p., 2 pls. Misch, P., 1966, Tectonic evolution of the northern Cascades of Washington--A west-cordilleran case history. In Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; and others, A symposium on the tectonic history and mineral deposits of the western Cordillera in British Columbia and neighboring parts of the United States, Vancouver, 1964: Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Special Volume 8, p. 101-148, 1 pl. |
| Geographic coverage | Columbia - Skagit - Whatcom |
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