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Geologic Unit: Wheeler Crest

Usage:

Wheeler Crest Granodiorite of Scheelite Intrusive Suite (CA*)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late*


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

North side of Pine Creek Canyon [Lat. 37 deg. 24 min. N., Long. 118 deg. 39 min. W., Mount Tom 15-min quadrangle, Inyo Co., CA] (Bateman, 1981).


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.

"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 ([ ]).