Usage:
Escondido Creek Leucogranodiorite (CA*)
Geologic age:
Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from its excellent and characteristic development in canyon of Escondido Creek, San Diego Co., southern CA. Largest exposed mass of this rock occupies area about 7 sq mi mostly in drainage of Escondido Creek (Larsen, 1948).
AAPG geologic province:
Capistrano basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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