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| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| Qya | Younger alluvium (Holocene) |
| Qa | Intermediate-age alluvium (Holocene) |
| Qoa | Older alluvium (Pleistocene) |
| Qoc | Calcareous older alluvium (Pleistocene) |
| Ttr | Travertine and chalcedony (middle Miocene?) |
| Tcg | Granite-clast conglomerate - (middle to early Miocene) |
| Tcv | Volcanic-clast conglomerate - (middle to early Miocene) |
| Tct | Tuff, tuffaceous sandstone, and sandstone - (middle to early Miocene) |
| Tcs | Sandstone - (middle to early Miocene) |
| Tp | Peach Springs Tuff of Young and Brennan (1974) (early Miocene) |
| Ta | Hornblende andesite (early Miocene) |
| Tba | Basalt and andesite flows (early Miocene) |
| Tta | Tuff and arkosic conglomerate (early Miocene) |
| Ts | Sandstone (early Miocene) |
| Tbc | Boulder conglomerate (early Miocene) |
| Ko | Old Woman Mountains Granodiorite (Late Cretaceous) |
| TRs | Schist (Triassic) |
| Pk | Metamorphosed Kaibab Limestone (Permian) |
| Pc | Metamorphosed Coconino Sandstone (Permian) |
| Ph | Metamorphosed Hermit Shale (Permian) |
| PPb | Metamorphosed Bird Spring Formation (Permian and Pennsylvanian) |
| PPbs | Siliceous marker beds - Metamorphosed Bird Spring Formation (Permian and Pennsylvanian) |
| Mr | Metamorphosed Redwall Limestone (Mississippian) |
| Mrm | Metachert - Metamorphosed Redwall Limestone (Mississippian) |
| DCd | Dolomite (Devonian and Cambrian?) |
| DCdg | Gray marker bed - Dolomite (Devonian and Cambrian?) |
| Cm | Marble (Cambrian) |
| Cb | Metamorphosed Bright Angel Shale (Cambrian) |
| Cz | Metamorphosed Zabriskie Quartzite (Cambrian) |
| Cw | Metamorphosed Wood Canyon Formation (Cambrian) |
| Xg | Gneiss (Early Proterozoic) |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| atten. fault, certain | Observed attenuated fault |
| contact, approx. located | Contact whose position is not precisely known |
| contact, certain | Observed contact |
| fault, approx. located | Fault whose position is not precisely known |
| fault, certain | Observed fault |
| fault, concealed | Concealed fault whose position is inferred |
| map boundary, certain | Boundary of mapped area |
| thrust fault, approx. located | Thrust fault whose position is not precisely known |
| thrust fault, certain | Observed thrust fault |
| thrust fault, concealed | Concealed thrust fault whose position is inferred |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 620 |
| Maximum: | 1050 |
| Units: | meters |
| Resolution: | 1 |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| lineament | location of lineament |
| syncline | Location of synclinal fold axis |
| anticline | location of anticlinal fold axis |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| anticline | Orientation of anticline |
| bar&ball | Orientation of bar & ball symbol |
| bedding | Orientation of bedding plane |
| fault dip | Orientation of fault dip |
| fold axis | Orientation of fold axis |
| foliation | Orientation of foliation |
| horizontal lineation | Orientation of horizontal lineation |
| igneous foliation | Orientation of igenous foliation |
| lineation | Lineation orientation |
| mylonitic fold | Orientation of mylonitic fold |
| mylonitic lineation | Orientation of mylonitic lineation |
| ot bedding | Orientation of overturned bedding plane |
| sfold | location of s-fold |
| syncline | Location of synclinal fold |
| vertical foliation | Location of vertical foliation |
| zfold | Orientation of z-fold |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 0 |
| Maximum: | 87 |
| Units: | degrees |
| Resolution: | 1 |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 0 |
| Maximum: | 357 |
| Units: | degrees |
| Resolution: | 1 |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 0.000 (unknown) |
| Maximum: | 962.981 |
| Units: | meters |
| Resolution: | 0.001 |
To provide a digital database of a geologic map of the Little Piute Mountains, California to the public.
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This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
This database, identified as "Preliminary Geologic map of the Little Piute Mountains, California: A digital database," is the database from which the hard-copy map OF97-693, "Preliminary Geologic map of the Little Piute Mountains, California" was produced. It has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.
| Data format: | Geologic faults, contacts, geologic units, Structural information, Cross-section lines, and base maps in format ARCE (version 7.x) Size: 3.1 |
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| Network links: |
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-693/of97-693.tar.gz |