Usage:
Dos Palmas Rhyolite (CA)
Geologic age:
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in Mecca Hills, 8 mi S. 30 deg. E. of Mecca, [Cottonwood Spring 15-min quadrangle], Imperial Co., southern CA (Dibblee, 1954).
AAPG geologic province:
Salton basin
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