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Geologic Unit: Dale Lake

Usage:

Dale Lake Volcanics (CA*)


Geologic age:

Jurassic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: north-trending ridge in the Pinto Mountains, 7 km southeast of Dale Lake and 1.5 to 2 km northeast of the Iron Age Mine, in SW/4 sec. 17 (unsurveyed), T. 1 S., R. 13 E., New Dale 7.5-min quadrangle, San Bernardino Co., CA (Howard, 2002).


AAPG geologic province:

Mojave basin*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).