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Geologic Unit: Hull

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Hull Meta-andesite (CA) reallocated to Fant Meta-andesite [not included in this lexicon] and unnamed rocks.)


Geologic age:

Jurassic, Middle


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

Not designated. Named from exposures east of Hull diggings (called Taylor diggings) on Taylorsville map (Diller, 1908).


AAPG geologic province:

Sierra Nevada province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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