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Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Brokeoff andesite
  • Modifications:
    • Mapped
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Southern Oregon basin
Publication:

Williams, Howel, 1932, The history and character of volcanic domes: University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, v. 21, no. 5, p. 51-146.


Summary:

Map on p. 71. Mapped (but did not describe), in Lassen region, the following units (downward order): augite andesite, Divide Peak andesite, hypersthene basalt, Brokeoff andesite, Brokeoff andesite (solfatarized), Brokeoff vents, pre-Lassen dacites, Loomis Peak dacites, Northeast Lassen dacites, Old Lassen mud flow, dacite tuff, domes, dacite breccias, Lassen 1915 dacite, and Lassen 1914-15 mud flows. Age is unknown.
Brokeoff Mountain is in Lassen Volcanic National Park, northwestern CA.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, Divide Peak entry p. 614).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Brokeoff andesite
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Southern Oregon basin
Publication:

Adams, J.A.S., 1955, The uranium geochemistry of Lassen Volcanic National Park, California: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 8, nos. 1-2, p. 74-85.


Summary:

Pg. 77 (table 2), 78 (table 3), 79, 80 (table 4). Listed on tables and mentioned in text in report on uranium geochemistry of Lassen volcanic rocks.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 488-489).


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