- Usage in publication:
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- Squaw Peak Formation
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Tuff
- Andesite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Modoc Plateau province
- Great Basin province
Summary:
Named for exposures on east slope of Squaw Peak [Warren Peak 7.5' quad, Modoc Co, CA]. Contains at least 5 cooling units of rhyolite ash-flow tuff. Southward on east slope of Warren Peak, unit contains two andesite flows. Has maximum thickness of 800 ft. Stratigraphic chart shows unit overlies Lost Woods Formation (new) and underlies Owl Creek Formation (new). Age of units in study area (Warner Mountains) given as Tertiary.
[NOTE: The Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3404, issued on November 19, 2021, formally identifies the term “squaw” as derogatory. That Order will create a federal Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force, to find replacement names for geographic features in use by federal agencies. We’re awaiting guidance from the Task Force, and will then take the appropriate actions.]
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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