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Basalt flows and intrusive igneous rocks

BASALT FLOWS AND INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS. Yellowstone area--Includes Osprey, Madison River, Swan Lake Flat, and Falls River Basalts, basalts of Mariposa Lake, Undine Falls Basalt, and gravels, sands, silts, and basalts of The Narrows. In and adjacent to Absaroka and Washakie Ranges--Includes basalt of Lava Mountain (age about 0.5 Ma).
StateWyoming
NameBasalt flows and intrusive igneous rocks
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene
Original map labelQb
Primary rock typebasalt
Secondary rock type
Other rock typesgravel; sand; silt
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
Incidental
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Alluvial)
Map references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Unit references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Geographic coverageFremont - Park - Teton

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