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Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 6 (Northeastern Sierra Nevada)

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Shale, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, dolomite, chert, hornfels, marble, quartzite; in part pyroclastic rocks
State California
Name Carboniferous marine rocks, unit 6 (Northeastern Sierra Nevada)
Geologic age Mississippian to Early Permian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)Varicolored ribbon chert
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sedimentary-breccia (Bed)
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Slate
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Graywacke (Bed)Volcaniclastic graywacke
Comments Northeastern Sierra Nevada. Upper member of Peale Fm. of McMath (1966). Consists primarily of thin-bedded chert; also includes volcaniclastic graywacke, breccia, and slate
Stratigraphic units Peale Fm. (upper part)
References

Jennings, C.W., Strand, R.G., Rogers, T.H., Boylan, R.T., Moar, R.R., and Switzer, R.A., 1977, Geologic Map of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Geologic Data Map 2, scale 1:750,000.

Jennings, C.W., 1985, An explanatory text to accompany the 1:750,000 scale fault and geologic maps of California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 201, 197 p.

Burnett, J.L., and Jennings, C.W., 1962, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Chico sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Lydon, P.A., Gay, T.E., Jr., and Jennings, C.W., 1960, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Westwood sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Saucedo, G.J., and Wagner, D.L., 1992, Geologic map of the Chico quadrangle, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Regional Geologic Map Series, Map 7A, scale 1:250,000.

Harwood, D.S., 1992, Stratigraphy of Paleozoic and lower Mesozoic rocks in the Northern Sierra Terrane, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1957, 78 p., scale 1:250,000.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1957

D'Allura, J.A., Moores, E.M., and Robinson, L., 1977, Paleozoic rocks of the northern Sierra Nevada: their structural and paleogeographic implications, in Stewart, J.H., Stevens, C.H., and Fritsche, A.E., eds., Paleozoic paleogeography of the western United States: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium 1, p. 395-408.

Grose, T.L.T., Saucedo, G.J., and Wagner, D.L., 1990, Geologic map of the Susanville quadrangle, Lassen and Plumas Counties, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 91-1, 25 p., scale 1:100,000.

McMath, V.E., 1966, Geology of the Taylorsville area, northern Sierra Nevada, in Bailey, E.H., ed., Geology of northern California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 190, p. 173-183.
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Counties Plumas