- Usage in publication:
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- Burney Basalt*
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Basalt
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Klamath Mountains province
Summary:
[Named] for town of Burney which is 11 mi northwest of Prospect Peak 15' quad. Type locality designated as roadcut on HWY 299, 4 mi northeast of Burney, Shasta Co, CA. Consists of dark-gray to black, moderately to highly vesicular, generally diktytaxitic, locally dense basalt flows, generally porphyritic, with olivine phenocrysts generally less than 2 mm across but in places as much as 8 mm. Most flows are pahoehoe, a few are aa. Shown on map of Prospect Peak 15' quad, Shasta and Lassen Cos, CA as early Pleistocene age. [no basis given]
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Burney Basalt*
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- Areal extent
Summary:
Unit geographically extended into Harvey Mountain 15' quad, Lassen Co, CA. Shown on map of quad.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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