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  • Usage in publication:
    • Burnt Canyon breccia
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salton basin
Publication:

Allen, C.R., 1954, Geology of the north side of San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside County, IN Jahns, R.H., ed., Geology of southern California; Map Sheets: California Division of Mines Bulletin, no. 170, Map Sheet 20, scale 1:125,000


Summary:

Map sheet 20. Burnt Canyon breccia. Shown on map legend as a landslide deposit. Age is Quaternary.
[Report covers San Andreas fault zone in San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside Co., southern CA.]

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Burnt Canyon breccia
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salton basin
Publication:

Allen, C.R., 1957, San Andreas fault zone in San Gorgonio Pass, southern California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 68, no. 3, p. 315-349, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:63,360)


Summary:

Pg. 325 (table 1), 352, pls. 1, 3. Burnt Canyon breccia. Described in San Gorgonio Pass area as a dissected landslide deposit. Maximum thickness about 100 feet. Rests partly on crystalline complex and partly on Heights fanglomerate. Age is Quaternary.
[Report covers San Andreas fault zone in San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside Co., southern CA.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 546).


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