Usage:
Alabama Hills Granite (CA*-recognized locally in type area)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: a few mi west of Lone Pine, on the north side of Whitney Portal Road 400 m east of the junction with Movie Road, in S/2 sec. 30, T. 15 S., R. 36 E., [approx. Lat. 36 deg. 35 min. 42 sec. N., Long. 118 deg. 06 min. 15 sec. W.], Lone Pine 15-min quadrangle, Alabama Hills Recreation Area, Inyo Co., central eastern CA. [Named from Alabama Hills, Inyo Co., central eastern CA] (Stone and others, 2000).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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