Name applied to a thick sequence of metamorphic rocks, dominantly schist that tectonically overlies Seven Devils Volcanics. Is of low metamorphic grade in northwest. Metamorphic increases through middle- and high-grade to east and southeast. Transition from schist to plutonic gneisses is exposed along Salmon And Little Salmon Rivers. Type section designated along Salmon River from Riggins northward to just beyond edge of Riggins quad, Idaho Co, ID, in the Idaho Mountains province. Divided into (lowest to highest): Fiddle Creek Schist, Lightning Creek Schist, metaperidotite (a unit 1,200 ft thick of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks), Berg Creek Amphibolite, and Squaw Creek Schist [See Below]. Thickness (present) of about 20,000-25,000 ft. Original thickness unknown. Distinction between formations of group becomes difficult as their structural complexity and metamorphic grade increase. Continues north beyond quad where it lies on Martin Bridge Limestone. Is cut out northward by a trondjhemite mass. Not present below Lucile on Salmon River. No fossils found. Is older than Idaho batholith. Assigned to Paleozoic or Mesozoic on geologic map.
[NOTE: The Squaw Creek Schist is in the process of being renamed, in accordance with the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3404, issued on November 19, 2021, formally identifying the term “squaw” as derogatory.]

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

Some medium- and high-grade metamorphosed volcanic rocks mapped east of the Salmon River area are mapped as metamorphic units whose relative age and correlation are unknown; these rocks are tentatively correlated with the Seven Devils Group; they are shown as Permian and Triassic age; they are also mapped as present in two plates--the Rapid River and North Fork plates--of the Wallowa terrane. These metamorphosed rocks were assigned to the Riggins Group and mapped as one of its formations--Squaw Creek Schist [See Below], Lightning Creek Schist, Berg Creek Amphibolite, or Fiddle Creek Schist, depending on locality. There is no evidence found during this study to indicate that rocks of the Riggins and the Wallowa are different island arcs. Also, all identifiable map characteristics useful for distinguishing the formations have been obliterated by multiple episodes of metamorphism and deformation. The mapped units cannot be correlated with or assigned to individual formations with confidence. Therefore, the name Riggins and its component formations are not recognized in this study.
[NOTE: The Squaw Creek Schist is in the process of being renamed, in accordance with the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3404, issued on November 19, 2021, formally identifying the term “squaw” as derogatory.]

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