Usage:
Tinemaha Granodiorite of Palisade Crest Intrusive Suite (CA*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
In cirques at head of Tinemaha Creek [Lat. 37 deg. 02 min. N., Long. 118 deg. 26 min. W., Big Pine 15-min quadrangle (Split Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle) Inyo Co., CA], east-central Sierra Nevada, near Bishop. Named from Mount Tinemaha (Bateman, 1961).
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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