Unit is named the Catalina Metamorphic Facies of the Franciscan Series. Age is pre-Late Cretaceous.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
Catalina Metamorphic Facies of the Franciscan series (Woodford, 1924) is adopted as the Catalina schist. Age is Mesozoic or older.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
Age (metamorphic) of the Catalina Schist is Early Cretaceous.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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