National Geologic Map Database
Geologic Unit: Purple Mountain
Usage:
Geologic age:
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
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Usage:
Purple Mountain Pumice Breccia (WY*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Pliocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Purple Mountain in Yellowstone National Park, WY (Boyd, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Yellowstone province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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