Blackwood Creek Formation (CA*)
Early Jurassic*
Type locality: exposures in and adjacent to the upper reaches of Blackwood Creek, in sec. 9, T. 14 N., R. 16 E., Homewood 7.5-min quadrangle [Placer Co., CA] (Harwood, 1992).
Sierra Nevada province*
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