| State | Oregon |
|---|---|
| Name | Gabbroic rocks |
| Geologic age | Paleozoic to Triassic |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > Gabbro (Pluton)
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite (Flow)
|
| Comments | Not present on State map (OR001) in northeastern Oregon, but, in La Grande 30' x 60' quadrangle (OR291) may be mapped as amphibolite, metagabbro, and metadiorite (Triassic and Permian) |
| 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 Prostka, H.J., 1962, Geology of the Sparta quadrangle, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geologic Map Series GMS-1, scale 1:62,500.Brooks, H.C., McIntyre, J.R., and Walker, G.W., 1976, Geology of the Oregon part of the Baker 1o by 2o quadrangle: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geologic Map Series GMS-7, 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.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i902 Wolff, E.N., 1965, The geology of the northern half of the Caviness quadrangle, Oregon: Eugene, University of Oregon, Ph.D. dissertation, 214 p.Brooks, H.C., 2006, Preliminary geologic map of the Mormon Basin quadrangle, Baker County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Open-File Map O-06-25, scale 1:24,000.Ferns, M.L., Brooks, H.C., and Avery, D.G., 1983, Geology and gold deposits map of the Greenhorn quadrangle, Baker and Grant Counties, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geologic Map Series GMS-28, scale 1:24,000.Evans, J.G., Geologic map of the Dooley Mountain quadrangle, Baker County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Geological Quadrangle GQ-1694, scale 1: 24,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gq1694 Ferns, M.L. and Brooks, H.C., 1987, Geology and mineral resources map of the Elkhorn Peak quadrangle, Baker County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geologican Map Series GMS-41, scale 1:24,000.Ferns, M.L., Brooks, H.C., and Wheeler, G.R., 1984, Geology and gold deposits of the Bates quadrangle, Grant County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-31, scale 1:24,000.Brooks, H.C., Ferns, M.L., Wheeler, G.R., and Avery, D.G., 1983, Geology and gold deposits map of the northeast quarter of the Bates quadrangle, Baker and Grant Counties, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-29, scale 1:24,000Brooks, H.C., Ferns, M.L., Coward, R.I., Paul, E.K., and Nunlist, M., 1982, Geology and gold deposits map of the Bourne quadrangle, Baker and Grant Counties, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-19, scale 1:24,000.Swisher, C.C., Ach, J.A., and Hart, W.K., 1990, Laser fusion 40Ar/39Ar dating of the type Steens Mountain Basalt, southeastern Oregon, and the age of the Steens aeromagnetic polarity transition [abs.]: EOS, Transactions of American Geophysical Union, v. 17, no. 43, p. 1,296.Brooks, H.C., 1979, Geologic map of the Oregon part of the Mineral quadrangle: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-12, scale 1:62,500.Ferns, M.L., Brooks, H.C., and Avery, D.G., 1983, Geology and gold deposits map of the Greenhorn Quadrangle, Baker and Grant Counties, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Geological Map Series GMS-28, scale 1:24,000.Whitsun, N.W., 1988, Geochemical stratigraphy of the Dooley Rhyolite Breccia and Tertiary basalts in the Dooley Mountain quadrangle, Oregon: Portland, Oregon, Portland State University, master's thesis, 122 p.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 | Baker - Grant - Malheur - Wheeler |