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Pre-Tertiary dunite intrusive rocks

Dunite associated with serpentine on Cypress Island in San Juan Islands and on Mount Chopaka near Oroville in Okanogan County.
StateWashington
NamePre-Tertiary dunite intrusive rocks
Geologic ageMiddle Jurassic
Original map labelpTd
CommentsHuntting and others, 1961, does not map any WApTd unit on Mount Chopaka (there is WApTb, however, which contains peridotite).
Primary rock typedunite
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Ultramafic > Peridotite > Dunite
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.
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.
Geographic coverageSkagit

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