Shoofly-Olds Ferry #35 in the Western Cordillera

Shoofly-Olds Ferry

Basement domain in the Western Cordillera

Geologic information

Region	Western Cordillera
Crust	Type: Oceanic arc Formation age: 365-187 Ma
Accretion	Type: Collisional Age: 135 Ma

Geographic extent

Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama, Trinity, Ada, Adams, Canyon, Gem, Idaho, Owyhee, Payette, Washington, Churchill, Douglas, Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, Carson City, Baker, Grant, Harney, Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur

Bibliographic references

Edelman, S.E., and Sharp, W.D., 1989, Terranes, early faults, and pre-Late Jurassic amalgamation of the western Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 101, p. 1420–1433.Snow, C.A., and Scherer, H., 2006, Terranes of the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills metamorphic belt, California: A critical review: International Geology Review, v. 48, p. 46–62.Northrup, C.J., Schmitz, M., Kurz, G., and Tumpane, K., 2011, Tectonomagmatic evolution of distinct arc terranes in the Blue Mountains Province, Oregon and Idaho: Geological Society of America Field Guide, v. 21, p. 67–88.