Usage:
Bass Lake Tonalite of Fine Gold Intrusive Suite (CA*)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Bass Lake [Lat. 37 deg. 19 min. 12 sec. N., Long. 119 deg. 33 min. 24 sec. W., Madera Co., east-central CA]. Named from exposures along shores of Bass Lake (Bateman, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).