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Undated granitic rocks, unit 1 (Chocolate Mountains)

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Undated granitic rocks, unit 1 (Chocolate Mountains)
State California
Name Undated granitic rocks, unit 1 (Chocolate Mountains)
Geologic age Oligocene to Miocene
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic (Pluton)Primarily monzogranite and diorite
Comments Cenozoic (Oligocene-Miocene) plutonic rocks in southeastern California (Chocolate Mts.)
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., 1967, Geologic map of California, Olaf P. Jenkins edition, Salton Sea sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Powell, R.E., 1993, Balanced palinspastic reconstruction of pre-late Cenozoic paleogeology, southern California: Geologic and kinematic constraints on evolution of the San Andreas fault system, in Powell, R.E., Weldon, R.J., II, and Matti, J.C., eds., The San Andreas fault system: Displacement, palinspastic reconstruction, and geologic evolution: Geological Society of America Memoir 178, p. 1-106, scale 1:750,000.

Dillon, J.T., 1976, Geology of the Chocolate and Cargo Muchacho Mountains, southeasternmost California: Santa Barbara, University of California, Ph.D. thesis, 405 p.
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Counties Imperial - Riverside