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  • Usage in publication:
    • Berdoo granite
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Granite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salton basin
Publication:

Miller, W.J., 1946, Crystalline rocks of southern California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 57, no. 5, p. 457-542.


Summary:

Pg. 473, 491. Berdoo granite. Name applied to granite occurring in Chuckwalla complex. Age is Precambrian.
Named from its occurrence in Berdoo Canyon, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Riverside Co., southeastern CA.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 307).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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