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  • Usage in publication:
    • Smith Prairie Basalt*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Basalt
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Snake River basin
Publication:

Howard, K.A., and Shervais, J.W., 1973, Geologic map of Smith Prairie, Elmore County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-818, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000


Summary:

Unit is named the Smith Prairie Basalt. Consists of dark-gray olivine basalt. Maximum thickness is 120 m. Unconformably overlies unnamed Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks or the Steamboat Rock Basalt; unconformably underlies unnamed Pleistocene gravel. Age is Pleistocene. (B1520)

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


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