Usage:
Scheelite Intrusive Suite (CA*)
Subunits:
(ascending) --all in CA*: Wheeler Crest Granodiorite, granite of Lee Vining Canyon (informal), Tungsten Hills Granite.
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area is along Pine Creek Canyon, east of Pine Creek septum [Lat. 37 deg. 26 min. 24 sec. N., Long. 118 deg. 34 min. 14 sec. W., Inyo Co., CA]. Named from mining settlement of Scheelite, along lower Pine Creek (Bateman, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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