Usage:
Polaris olivine latite 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:
Mapped in vicinity of settlement of Polaris, Truckee area, north of Lake Tahoe, northeastern CA. [Named from Polaris, in sec. 7, T. 17 N., R. 17 E., Truckee 15-min quadrangle, Nevada Co., northeastern CA] (Birkeland, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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