- Usage in publication:
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- Panamint Springs Member*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Biostratigraphic dating
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Great Basin province
Summary:
Pg. 3 (fig. 2), 7-12. Panamint Springs Member of Darwin Canyon Formation of Owens Valley Group. Sandstone and siltstone with minor calcarenitic limestone and mudstone. Thickness at type 371 m; ranges from 0 to 1,000 m. Underlies, with angular unconformity, alluvium, Tertiary volcanic rocks, or unnamed Triassic marine sedimentary rocks; conformably overlies Millers Spring Member (new) of Darwin Canyon Formation. Age is Early Permian (late Wolfcampian to Leonardian?) based on fusulinids.
Type section: in Darwin Canyon, in E/2 sec. 4, T. 19 S., R. 41 E., Darwin 15-min quadrangle, Inyo Co., eastern CA. Named from Panamint Springs on CA State Highway 190 at northeast base of Argus Range, [in sec. 30, T. 18 S., R. 42 E., Panamint Springs 7.5-min quadrangle], Inyo Co., eastern CA.
Reference section: in S/2 sec. 10, T. 19 S., R. 41 E., Darwin 15-min quadrangle, Inyo Co., eastern CA.
Source: Publication; GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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