| State | Oregon |
|---|---|
| Name | Picture Gorge Basalt |
| Geologic age | Early to Middle Miocene |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)
|
| Comments | In La Grande 30' x 60' quadrangle (OR291), unit includes Dayville Basalt, Monument Mountain Basalt, and Twickenham Basalt, all middle Miocene |
| References | Walker, G.W. and MacLeod, N.S., 1991, Geologic map of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.Brown, C.E. and Thayer, T.P., 1966, Geologic map of the Canyon City quadrangle, northeastern Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-447, scale 1:250,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i447 Fiebelkorn, R.B., Walker, G.W., Macleod, N.S., McKee, E.H., and Smith, J.G., 1983, Index to K-Ar determinations for the State of Oregon: Isochron/West, no. 37, p. 3-60.Walker, G.W., 1973, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Pendleton quadrangle, Oregon and Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneus Geologic Investigations Map I-727, scale 1:250,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i727 Watkins, N.D. and Baksi, A.K., 1974, Magnetostratigraphy and oroclinal folding of the Columbia River, Steens, and Owyhee Basalts in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho: American Journal of Science, v. 274, no. 2, p. 148-149.Evans, J.G., 1989, Geologic map of the Desolation Butte quadrangle, Grant and Umatilla Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle GQ-1654, scale 1:62,500.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gq1654 Ferns, M.L., Madin, I.P., and Taubeneck, W.H., 2001, Reconnaissance geologic map of the La Grande 30' x 60' quadrangle, Baker, Grant, Umatilla, and Union Counties, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Reconnaissance Map Series RMS-1, 52 p., scale 1:100,000. |
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| Counties | Crook - Gilliam - Grant - Morrow - Sherman - Umatilla - Union - Wasco - Wheeler |