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Geologic Unit: San Marcos

Usage:

San Marcos Gabbro (CA*)


Geologic age:

Cretaceous*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from occurrence in greater part of San Marcos Mountains, San Luis Rey 30- x 60-min quadrangle, Riverside Co., CA (Miller, 1937) [was called San Marcos Mountain Gabbro by Hurlbut (1935)].


AAPG geologic province:

Peninsular Ranges province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).