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  • Usage in publication:
    • Fish Creek gypsum
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gypsum
    • Anhydrite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salton basin
Publication:

Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1954, Geology of the Imperial Valley region, California, IN Jahns, R.H., ed., Geology of southern California; Chapter II, Geology of the natural provinces: California Division of Mines Bulletin, no. 170, [art. 2], p. 21-28.


Summary:

Pg. 22, pl. 2 (geol. map). Fish Creek gypsum. Playa deposit of white bedded gypsum and anhydrite. Ranges in thickness from knife edge to about 100 feet. Rests on Split Mountain conglomerate and is overlain by Imperial formation in western Fish Creek Mountains. Age is Miocene.
[Type lcoality not stated.] Occurs in Fish Creek Mountains in southwestern Imperial Valley, southern CA.

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