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Geologic Unit: Hells Gate

Usage:

Hells Gate Rhyolite (AZ)


Geologic age:

Paleoproterozoic


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

Not stated. Covers area 25 to 50 sq mi between Lost Camp Mountain and granite of the Payson area. Exposed northeast of Hell's Gate, Diamond Butte quadrangle, east-central AZ (Gastil, 1958).


AAPG geologic province:

Basin-and-Range province


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