Usage:
Fir Crags gravel member (informal) of Lousetown Formation (CA-recognized locally in the Truckee area)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary (early Pleistocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Crops out 2 to 3 mi downstream from Lake Tahoe outlet, Truckee area, northeastern CA. Named from settlement of Fir Crags, [in sec. 3, T. 15 N., R. 16 E., Tahoe City 7.5-min quadrangle, Placer Co., northeastern CA] (Birkeland, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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