Undivided pre-Cenozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 2 (undivided)

Undivided pre-Cenozoic metavolcanic rocks. Includes latite, dacite, tuff, and greenstone; commonly schistose.
State California
Name Undivided pre-Cenozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 2 (undivided)
Geologic age Paleozoic(?) to Mesozoic(?)
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > GreenstoneDervived from mafic to intermediate-composition flows, tuffs, and breccias
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanicVariably metamorphosed
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanicVariably metamorphosed
Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > Gabbro
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Comments Klamath Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert, and other areas. Miscellaneous volcanic and metavolcanic rocks, probably mostly Jurassic in age
Stratigraphic units Hodge Volcanic Series, Franklin Canyon Fm. (part), Slate Creek Complex (part)
References

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Counties Butte - Calaveras - Del Norte - El Dorado - Inyo - Kern - Lassen - Madera - Mariposa - Mono - Nevada - Placer - Plumas - Riverside - San Bernardino - Sierra - Siskiyou - Trinity - Tulare - Tuolumne - Yuba