Red Buttes Quartz Basalt of Tropico Group (CA*)
Tertiary
Miocene, early(?)*
Red Buttes, in sec. 5, T. 8 N., R. 6 W., Kramer 15-min quadrangle, San Bernardino Co., CA (Dibblee, 1958).
Mojave basin*
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