Usage:
Hollycrest Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Occurs in Griffith Park area, city of Los Angeles, southern CA. Exposed in Griffith, Cahuenga Peak and Cahuenga Pass fault blocks. Name Hollycrest taken from highest point in Cahuenga Pass (Neuerburg, 1953).
AAPG geologic province:
Los Angeles basin
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