Chenoweth Formation of the Dalles Group is applied to volcaniclastic debris fan deposits consisting of interbedded agglomerate, tuff breccia, tuff, lahars, and clastics in The Dalles basin. Overlies the Priest Rapids and Frenchman Springs Member of the Wanapum Basalt; underlies Quaternary rocks. Age is late Miocene and early Pliocene(?) based on radiometric (K-Ar) analyses and fossils [vertebrates]. (B1565)
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