Usage:
Benton Range basalt (informal) (CA-recognized locally in Benton Range area)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Pliocene**
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not stated. Samples collected 2,000 ft N. 47 deg. E. from SW/4 sec. 20, T. 2 S., R. 31 E., Mount Morrison 30- x 60-min quadrangle, at 7,500 ft elevation, eastern CA.
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 ([ ]).