- Usage in publication:
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- Onion Creek Formation*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- Quartzite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Sierra Nevada province
Summary:
Name derived from Onion Creek. Type locality designated as exposures in Onion Creek, SE/4 sec.11 T16N R14E, Norden 7.5' quad [Placer Co, CA]. Is part of Lake Tahoe sequence. Also occurs east of Serena Creek and at confluence of Serena Creek and North Fork of American River. Composed of interbedded calc-silicate rock, limestone, and black pelite. Maximum thickness at type locality is 400 m. Gradationally overlies Serena Creek Formation (new); top unknown as intruded by granitic rocks of Sierra Nevada batholith. Age considered [tentatively] Mississippian(?) and younger(?) based on stratigraphic relations. Brachiopod(?) fragment found in lowermost part of unit.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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