Usage:
/Saddle Mountain Diorite (OR)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Saddle Mountain porphyry of Bain (1900) in OK, Saddle Mountain lava of Williams (1932) in CA, and is too similar to Saddle Mountains Basalt of Mackin (1961) in WA.]
Geologic age:
Jurassic(?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures on Saddle Mountain, 3 mi north of Collier Butte, Curry Co., southwestern OR (Dott, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Klamath Mountains province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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