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Geologic Unit: Honolua
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Honolua volcanic series
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Andesite
    • Trachyte
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Maui
Publication:

Stearns, H.T., and Macdonald, G.A., 1942, Geology and ground-water resources of the Island of Maui, Hawaii: Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletin, no. 7, 344 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)


Summary:

Named after village of Honolua [21 deg 00' 59"N, 156 deg 38' 26"W, Honolua 7.5' quad] on northwest coast of east Maui. Consists of lava flows of massive soda trachyte and thinner oligoclase light-colored andesite, bulbous domes, cones, and dikes. Is up to 750 ft thick near Eke but averages 75 ft. Overlies lateritic, buff-to-ochre soils which in turn overlie dark-red and red-brown soils of Wailuku volcanic series (new). Separated from younger Lahaina volcanic series (new) by erosional unconformity. Stratigraphic section shows late Pliocene(?) or early Pleistocene age but map shows probable Pliocene and early and middle Pleistocene age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Honolua volcanic series*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Maui
Publication:

Macdonald, G.A., and Davis, D.A., 1956, Zone des Hawaii, Chapter 2, IN Avias, Jacques, and others, Oceanie proprement dite; Fasc. 2 of V. 6, Oceanie: Lexique Stratigraphique International, p. 70-143(?)., Prepared by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris), International Geological Congress, Commission on Stratigraphy


Summary:

Type locality: village of Honolua [21 deg 00' 59"N, 156 deg 38' 26"W, Honolua 7.5' quad] on northwest coast of Island of Maui. Lavas cap some of ridges on all flanks of west Maui Mountains. Underlies soil up to 5 ft thick. Assigned late Pliocene(?) or early Pleistocene age "based on degree of weathering and erosion and relationship to Pleistocene fossiliferous beach conglomerates which rest on them locally between Lahaina and Olowalu."

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Honolua volcanic series*
  • Modifications:
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Maui
Publication:

McDougall, Ian, 1964, Potassium-argon ages from lavas of the Hawaiian Islands: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 75, no. 2, p. 107-128.


Summary:

K-Ar ages on trachyte (collected near Kahakuloa and Puu Launiupoko) and mugearite (collected from flow northwest of Honolua and roadcut at McGregor Point) from Honolua volcanic series range from 1.17 to 1.15 Ma. "All the lavas dated from Maui are latest Pliocene to Pleistocene."

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Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Honolua Volcanic Series*
  • Modifications:
    • Mapped
Publication:

Patterson, S.H., 1971, Investigation of ferruginous bauxite and other mineral resources on Kauai and a reconnaissance of ferruginous bauxite deposits on Maui, Hawai: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 656, 74 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500) [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/pp/pp656]


Summary:

Detailed map (plate 6) shows occurrence of unit in north area of West Maui.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Honolua Volcanic Series*
  • Modifications:
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Maui
Publication:

Naughton, J.J., Macdonald, G.A., and Greenberg, V.A., 1980, Some additional potassium-argon ages of Hawaiian rocks; the Maui volcanic complex of Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Kahoulawe, IN McBirney, A.R., ed., Gordon A. Macdonald memorial volume: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 7, nos. 3-4, p. 339-355.


Summary:

K-Ar age on trachyte (from west slope of Launiupoko Hill) of Honolua Volcanic Series is 1.5 +/-0.13 Ma.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Honolua Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Maui
Publication:

Easton, R.M., and Easton, E.G., 1983, Geology of the Hawaiian Islands; Hawaii, Maui and Oahu; Trip 16, IN Preto, Vic, chairperson, Joint annual meeting of Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada, and Canadian Geophysical Union; Volume 2, Trips 9 to 16: Geological Association of Canada, Victoria Section, Field Trip Guidebook, 91 p.


Summary:

Honolua Volcanic Series (Stearns and Macdonald, 1942) reduced in rank and renamed Honolua Formation following usage of Macdonald, 1978. "No systematic attempt is being made to revise volcanic stratigraphic nomenclature in Hawaii."

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Honolua Volcanics*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Maui
Publication:

Langenheim, V.A.M., and Clague, D.A., 1987, Stratigraphic framework of volcanic rocks of the Hawaiian Islands, Part II, IN The Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain, Chapter 1, OF Decker, R.W., Wright, T.L., and Stauffer, P.H., eds., Volcanism in Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, v. 1, 1350, p. 55-84. [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_42485.htm]


Summary:

Honolua Volcanic Series of Stearns and Macdonald (1942) reduced in rank and renamed Honolua Volcanics. Assigned Pleistocene age based on isotopic determinations (McDougall, 1964; Naughton and others, 1980).

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


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