Usage:
Soldier Pass Intrusive Suite*
Subunits:
monzonite of Eureka Valley, monzodiorite of Marble Canyon, monzonite of Joshua Flat, granodiorite of Beer Creek, and Cottonwood Granite.
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area is Soldier Pass and area between Buckhorn Spring on SE side of Deep Spring Valley and Cottonwood Creek in S White and N Inyo Mtns, Mono and Inyo Cos, CA (Bateman, 1992)
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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