| State | California |
|---|---|
| Name | Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 2 (Northern Mojave Desert and Southeastern Sierra Nevada) |
| Geologic age | Cambrian to Jurassic |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Phyllite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Argillite
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)
Minor
Metamorphic > Granoblastic > Hornfels
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble
|
| Comments | North-central Mojave Desert and southeastern Sierra Nevada. Argillite, chert, phyllite, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, and quartzite. Includes some rocks of probable Triassic or Jurassic age |
| Stratigraphic units | Garlock Series, Robbers Mountain Fm. |
| 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.Jennings, C.W., Burnett, J.L., and Troxel, B.W., 1963, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Trona sheet, scale 1:250,000.Carr, M.D., Christiansen, R.L., Poole, F.G., and Goodge, J.W., 1997, Bedrock geologic map of the El Paso Mountains in the Garlock and El Paso Peaks 7-1/2' quadrangles, Kern County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2389, 9 p., scale 1:24,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2389 Dunne, G.C., and Suczek, C.A., 1991, Early Paleozoic eugeoclinal strata in the Kern Plateau pendants, southern Sierra Nevada, California, in Cooper, J.D., and Stevens, C.H., eds., Paleozoic paleogeography of the western United States-II: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Book 67, p. 677-692.Silberling, N.J., Jones, D.L., Blake, M.C., Jr., and Howell, D.G., 1987, Lithotectonic terrane map of the western conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1874-C, scale 1:2,500,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1874C Carr, M.D., Harris, A.G., Poole, F.G., and Fleck, R.J., 1992, Stratigraphy and structure of Paleozoic outer continental-margin rocks in Pilot Knob Valley, north-central Mojave Desert, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2015, 33 p., scale 1:24,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b2015 Miller, E.L., and Sutter, J.F., 1982, Structural geology and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology of the Goldstone-Lane Mountain area, Mojave Desert, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 93, p. 1191-1207.McCulloh, T.H., 1960, Geologic map of the Lane Mountain quadrangle, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 60-95, scale 1:62,500.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr6095 |
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| Counties | Kern - San Bernardino |