Rhyolitic tuff, tuffaceous sedimentary rocks, and lava flows (ORTsf;0)

Rhyolitic tuff, tuffaceous sedimentary rocks, and lava flows

Rhyolitic to dacitic varicolored bedded tuff, lapilli tuff, and fine- to medium-grained tuffaceous sedimentary rocks with interstratified welded and nonwelded ash-flow tuff and interbedded basalt and andesite flows. Also includes minor rhyolite and dacite flows and domes. Glass in tuff and tuffaceous sedimentary rocks is commonly altered to zeolites, clay minerals, and small amounts of opal, chalcedony, orthoclase, and calcite. Fossil plants and vertebrates indicate an Oligocene and Miocene age. Locally a late Hemingfordian age indicated by mammalian fauna (Woodburn and Robinson, 1977). May include some rocks of middle Miocene age in the area west and northwest of Lakeview. Potassium-argon ages on rocks from unit range from about 36 Ma (Swanson and Robinson, 1968) to about 20 Ma. Includes Pike Creek Formation of Walker and Repenning (1965), originally identified as Pike Creek Volcanic Series by Fuller (1931), and unnamed volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of southern Lake County, some of which have been correlated with the Miocene and Oligocene Cedarville Formation of northeastern California

State	Oregon
Name	Rhyolitic tuff, tuffaceous sedimentary rocks, and lava flows
Geologic age	Late Eocene to Early Miocene
Lithologic constituents	Major Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Flow, Dome, Pyroclastic-air fall, Pyroclastic-ash flow) Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Flow, Dome, Pyroclastic-air fall, Pyroclastic-ash flow)Contains rhyolitic to dacitic pyroclastic rocks, tuffaceous sedimentary rocks, ash-flow tuff, basalt and andesite flows Minor Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow) Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Flow) Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Sandstone-mudstone (Bed)
Comments	Basalt in the Pike Creek was dated at 21.9 Ma (OR010; recalculated using constants of OR185).
Stratigraphic units	Pike Creek Formation (OR005; formerly Pike Creek Volcanic Series; OR062)
References	Walker, G.W. and MacLeod, N.S., 1991, Geologic map of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000. Walker, G.W. and Repenning, C.A., 1965, Geologic map of Adel quadrangle, Lake, Harney, and Malheur Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-446, scale 1:250,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i446 Walker, G.W., 1977, Geologic map of Oregon east of the 121st meridian: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-902, scale 1:500,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i902 Fuller, R.E., 1931, the geomorphology and volcanic sequence of Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon: University of Washington Publication in Geology, v. 3, no. 1, 130 p. Swanson, D.A. and Robinson, P.T., 1968, Base of the John Day Formation in and near Horse Heaven Mining District, north-central Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 600-D, p. D154-D161 https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp600D Minor, S.A., Rytuba, J.J., Grubensky, M.J., Vander Meulen, D.B., Goeldner, C.A., and Tegtmeyer, K.J., 1987, Geologic map of the High Steens and Little Blitzen Gorge Wilderness Study Areas, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Surevy Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1876, scale 1:24,000. Evans, J.G., 1993, Geologic map of the Brannan Gulch quadrangle, Baker County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle GQ-1744, scale 1:24,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gq1744 Minor, S.A., Rytuba, J.J., Goeldner, C.A., and Tegtmeyer, K.J., 1987, Geologic map of the Alvord Hot Spring quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1916, scale 1:24,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1916 Minor, S.A., Rytuba, J.J., Vander Meulen, D.B., Grubensky, M.J., and Tegtmeyer, K.J., 1987e, Geologic map of the Wildhorse Lake quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1915, scale 1:24,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1915
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Counties	Baker - Crook - Deschutes - Harney - Klamath - Lake - Union - Wheeler

Rhyolitic tuff, tuffaceous sedimentary rocks, and lava flows

Walker, G.W. and MacLeod, N.S., 1991, Geologic map of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.

Walker, G.W. and Repenning, C.A., 1965, Geologic map of Adel quadrangle, Lake, Harney, and Malheur Counties, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-446, scale 1:250,000.

Walker, G.W., 1977, Geologic map of Oregon east of the 121st meridian: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-902, scale 1:500,000.

Fuller, R.E., 1931, the geomorphology and volcanic sequence of Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon: University of Washington Publication in Geology, v. 3, no. 1, 130 p.

Swanson, D.A. and Robinson, P.T., 1968, Base of the John Day Formation in and near Horse Heaven Mining District, north-central Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 600-D, p. D154-D161

Minor, S.A., Rytuba, J.J., Grubensky, M.J., Vander Meulen, D.B., Goeldner, C.A., and Tegtmeyer, K.J., 1987, Geologic map of the High Steens and Little Blitzen Gorge Wilderness Study Areas, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Surevy Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1876, scale 1:24,000.

Evans, J.G., 1993, Geologic map of the Brannan Gulch quadrangle, Baker County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle GQ-1744, scale 1:24,000.

Minor, S.A., Rytuba, J.J., Goeldner, C.A., and Tegtmeyer, K.J., 1987, Geologic map of the Alvord Hot Spring quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1916, scale 1:24,000.

Minor, S.A., Rytuba, J.J., Vander Meulen, D.B., Grubensky, M.J., and Tegtmeyer, K.J., 1987e, Geologic map of the Wildhorse Lake quadrangle, Harney County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1915, scale 1:24,000.