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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bliss basalt*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Basalt
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Snake River basin
Publication:

Stearns, H.T., 1936, Origin of the large springs and their alcoves along the Snake River in southern Idaho: Journal of Geology, v. 44, no. 4, p. 429-450.


Summary:

Pg. 434-439; H.T. Stearns, 1932 (Corr. chart of Idaho compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, dated Sept. 1, 1932). Bliss basalt. Brecciated subaqueous flow composed chiefly of vitreous porphyritic basalt, containing pillow structures. May be subaqueous facies of McKinney basalt or, possibly, of Sand Springs basalt. Thickness 100+/- feet. Age is Pleistocene.
Type locality: exposures at Bliss Cone and Bliss Bridge, in sec. 11, T. 6 S., R. 12 E., Twin Falls Co., also at Bliss Spring, Gooding Co., southern ID.

Source: US geologic names lexicons (USGS Bull. 896, p. 212; USGS Bull. 1200, p. 384).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bliss volcanics*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Snake River basin
Publication:

Stearns, H.T., Crandall, Lynn, and Steward, W.G., 1938, Geology and ground-water resources of the Snake River Plain in southeastern Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper, 774, 268 p.


Summary:

Pg. 78-79, pl. 5. Bliss volcanics. Thickness of volcanics about 100 feet. Contemporaneous with McKinney basalt and probably a part of it. Age is Pleistocene.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 384).


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bliss Basalt†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Snake River basin
Publication:

Malde, H.E., and Powers, H.A., 1962, Upper Cenozoic stratigraphy of western Snake River Plain, Idaho: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 73, no. 10, p. 1197-1220.


Summary:

†Bliss Basalt. Pillow lavas comprising unit are assigned to newly named Bancroft Springs Basalt and term Bliss Basalt is abandoned.

Source: Modified from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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