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Paleozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 5 (Mono Lake)

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Undivided Paleozoic metavolcanic rocks. Mostly flows, breccia and tuff, including greenstone, diabase, and pillow lavas; minor interbedded sedimentary rocks
State California
Name Paleozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 5 (Mono Lake)
Geologic age Triassic to Jurassic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanicMetamorphosed andesite and basalt
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic (Pyroclastic-tuff, Flow)Metamorphosed rhyolitic welded tuffs and dacite flows
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)Includes impure quartz sandstones and lithic wacke
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble
Comments Eastern Sierra Nevada. Metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks in vicinity of Tioga Pass
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.

Strand, R.G., 1967, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Mariposa sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Bateman, P.C., 1992, Pre-Tertiary geologic map of the Mariposa 1ø by 2ø quadrangle, Sierra Nevada, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1960, scale 1:250,000.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1960

Schweickert, R.A., and Lahren, M.M., 1993, Tectonics of the east-central Sierra Nevada--Saddlebag Lake and Northern Ritter Range pendants, in Lahren, M.M., Trexler, J.H., Jr., and Spinosa, C., eds., Crustal evolution of the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada: Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section Guidebook, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, p. 313-351.

Kistler, R.W., 1966, Geologic map of the Mono Craters quadrangle, Mono and Tuolumne Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-462, scale 1:62,500.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gq462

Kistler, R.W., 1966, Structure and metamorphism in the Mono Craters quadrangle, Sierra Nevada, California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1221-E, p. E1-E53.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1221E
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Counties Mono - Tuolumne