- Usage in publication:
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- Music Mountain Conglomerate
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- Overview
- Dominant lithology:
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- Conglomerate
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Plateau sedimentary province
Summary:
Shown on diagrammatic cross sections of Milkweed Canyon and Peach Springs Canyon, Hualapai Plateau, northwest AZ. Overlies and interfingers with Hindu Fanglomerate (new). Overlies Muav Limestone, Bright Angel Shale and Tapeats Sandstone. Underlies Westwater Formation (new) and Buck and Doe Conglomerate. Is Cenozoic age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Music Mountain Conglomerate
- Modifications:
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Conglomerate
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Plateau sedimentary province
Summary:
First published use of name other than in figures. Name attributed to Young (1966, unpub. dissert., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO). Derivation of name not stated. Type section stated to be within Milkweed Canyon located on northeast side of Hualapai Plateau in western Grand Canyon, Mohave Co, AZ, Plateau sedimentary province. Described as fluvial arkosic conglomerate comprised of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Unit is oldest Cenozoic deposit in Milkweed Canyon, however, shown on correlation diagram (fig. 17) to overlie Blue Mountain Gravels. Blue Mountain Gravels may be correlative to Music Mountain. Underlies Westwater Formation with gradational contact. Assigned Oligocene age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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