Usage:
Avawatz Mountains Quartz Monzodiorite (CA*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along wash above Sheep Creek Spring, between 2,000 and 2,800 ft elevation, in NW/4 of T. 17 N., R. 6 E., Avawatz Pass 15-min quadrangle, San Bernardino Co., CA. Named from Avawatz Mountains (Spencer, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
Mojave basin*
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