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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bear Wallow Diorite Complex*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Diorite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Klamath Mountains province
Publication:

Irwin, W.P., Wolfe, E.W., Blake, M.C., Jr., and Cunningham, C.G., Jr., 1974, Geologic map of the Pickett Peak quadrangle, Trinity County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-1111, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500


Summary:

Named for Bear Wallow Meadow in north central Pickett Peak quad. Type locality is designated as exposures in mouth of Rattlesnake Creek, NE/4 sec.19 T1S R8E, Pickett Peak quad, Trinity Co, northwest CA. Composed of medium-grained hornblende diorite to biotite-hornblende quartz diorite, but includes minor gabbro. Intrudes Rattlesnake Creek terrane. Age is Jurassic.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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