Usage:
Kern Knob Granite (CA*-recognized locally in type area)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: a small quarry at the northern base of Kern Knob [now Haystack], in SW/4 NE/4 sec. 19, T. 15 S., R. 37 E., [approx. Lat. 36 deg. 37 min. 04 sec. N., Long. 117 deg. 59 min. 37 sec. W.], Dolomite 7.5-min quadrangle, about 500 m east of the boundary with the adjacent Lone Pine 15' quadrangle, Inyo Co., central eastern CA. Named from prominent hill at western base of Inyo Mountains, originally called Kern Knob (Stone and others, 2000).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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