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Pliocene-Pleistocene volcanic rocks

Light-gray andesite, andesite porphyry, and open-textured basalt flows with minor associated mudflows and breccia. Includes restricted areas of valley flow basalt in Snake River Canyon in southeastern Washington and in Spokane area.
StateWashington
NamePliocene-Pleistocene volcanic rocks
Geologic ageMostly Pleistocene
Original map labelPLQv
CommentsReferenced literature does not mention associated mudflows.
Primary rock typeandesite
Secondary rock typebasalt
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Flow)
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Incidental
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Volcaniclastic, volcanic breccia)
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.
Walsh, T. J., Korosec, M. A., Phillips, W. M., Logan, R. T., Schasse, H. W., 1987, Geologic Map of Washington-Southwest Quadrant: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Geologic Map GM-34, scale 1:250,000.
Warren, W. C., 1941, Relation of the Yakima Basalt to the Keechelus Andesite Series: The Journal of Geology, v. 49, p. 795-814.
Luedke, R. G., Smith, R. L., Russell-Robinson, S. L., 1983, Map showing distribution, composition, and age of late Cenozoic volcanoes and volcanic rocks of the Cascade Range and vicinity, northwestern United States: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1507, scale 1:500,000.
Phillips, W. M., 1987, Geologic Map of the Vancouver Quadrangle, Washington and Oregon: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 87-10, scale 1:100,000.
Geographic coverageAsotin - Clark - Columbia - Franklin - Garfield - Lewis - Skamania - Spokane - Whitman - Yakima

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