| State | California |
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| Name | Cenozoic (Tertiary) granitic rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley) |
| Geologic age | middle to late Miocene |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Quartz-monzonite (Pluton)Generally porphyritic
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite (Pluton)Generally porphyritic. Some described as hypabyssal
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Monzonite (Pluton)
Incidental
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Felsic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-latite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Aplite (Dike or sill)
|
| Comments | Death Valley region. Mostly granite to quartz monzonite plutons dated at 10-12 Ma |
| Stratigraphic units | Kingston Range Monzonite Porphyry, Little Chief Granite |
| 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.Streitz, Robert, and Stinson, M.C., 1977, Geologic map of California, Death Valley sheet, scale 1:250,000.Hodges, K.V., McKenna, L.W., and Harding, M.B., 1990, Structural unroofing of the central Panamint Mountains, Death Valley region, southeastern California, in Wernicke, B.P., ed., Basin and Range extensional tectonics near the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada: Geological Society of America Memoir 176, p. 377-390. |
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| Counties | Inyo - San Bernardino |