U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U. S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

OPEN-FILE REPORT 01-229

TABULATION OF U/Pb ISOTOPIC DATES EXPLANATION OF MAP UNITS

SUPERJACENT ROCKS
Map No. New / Pub 1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15 -16 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -22 -23 -24 -25 -26 -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 -32 -33 -34 -35 -36 -37 -38 -39 5 40 1 41 -42 -43 3 44 4 45 6 46 7 47 2 48 -49 -50 10 51 8 52 6 53 4 54 5 55 40 56 41 57 25 58 2 59 3 60 27 61 17 62 8 63 11 64 9 65 31 66 26 67 1 68 36 69 5 70 32 71 34 72 33 73 42 74 24 75 23 76 22 77 12 78 13 79 45 80 43 81 18 82 16 83 14 84 15 85 28 86 44 87 19 88 29 89 20 90 21 91 37 92 39 93 30 94 46 95 48 96 38 97 49 98 -99 54 100 58 101 51 102 47 103 57 104 53 105 52 106 59 106 60 108 62 109 61 110 50 111 56 112 55 113 1 114 2 115 3 116 4 117 5 118 6 119 7 120 8 121 11 122 12 123 13 124 14 125 15 126 16 127 17 128 -129 -130 -131 -132 -133 -134 -135 -136 -137 -138 -139 -140 -141 -142 -143 -144 -145 -146 -147 -148 -149 -150 -151 -152 -153 -154 -155 -156 -157 -158 -159 -160 -161 -162 -163 -164 -165 -166 -167 -168 -169 3 170 4 171 7 172 10 173 8 174 11 175 20 176 13 U/Pb Age(Ma) 378 314 140 140 204 196 164 193 140 168 205 162 162 159 159 423 388 409 385 368 385 385 164 163 162 120 163 165 162 166 304 286 177 216 170 162 280 173 164 190 199 198 148 151 162 166 182 200 196 116 163 150 147 149 88 86 103 146 138 96 117 151 118 151 112 97 123 98 100 100 93 98 91 105 108 111 111 115 76 99 114 115 124 110 103 90 113 102 112 116 93 93 104 88 93 88 90 199 214 161 90 89 169 207 202 161 172 168 167 95 167 155 198 158 163 103 164 181 148 174 174 156 186 161 169 154 149 108 113 116 119 102 210 210 201 160 132 120 114 121 154 125 98 169 170 157 190-305 190-225 150-190 115 120 116 130 110 125 117 118 124 120 270-305 191-225 168 118 270-305 118 270-305 115 102 100 97 101 100 100 102 113 102 Sample Reference Number -Saleeby and others, 1987a FR1b Saleeby and others, 1989c CC3 do CC2 do CB12a do CB13a do SC5 do CB11 do CC1 do CC6 do CB10 do SC4 do SC1a do CC5 do CC4 do -Saleeby and others, 1987a FR5a Saleeby and others, 1989c -Girty and others, 1984 -Hanson and others, 1988 4 do -do -do CC7 Saleeby and others, 1989c -Snoke and others, 1982 SC3 Saleeby and others, 1989c -Kulow and others, 1997 FDS1 Saleeby, 1982 FDS2 do PH1 do PH2 do CB-1 Saleeby and Behrman, 1979 BMO-1 do OGP-1 Saleeby and Sharp, 1979 SI-1 do CO-8 do C-37 do TOM1 Saleeby, 1982 ST-88&89 Saleeby and Sharp, 1979 BMSD Stern and others, 1981 BMCC do CDI1 Saleeby, 1982 MLB1 do PM-1 Stern and others, 1981 LE-1092 do CCr-1 do LE-153 do DPD-1 do CDI-2 Saleeby, 1982 CDI-3 do LE-1036 Stern and others, 1981 LE-244 do -Saleeby and others, 1989a -do -do TMc-173 Stern and others, 1981 TMb-164 do -do -Saleeby and others, 1989a -do FD-12 Stern and others, 1981 Y-682 do -Saleeby and others, 1989a MA-1 Stern and others, 1981 -Saleeby and others, 1989a Y-733 Stern and others, 1981 -do -Saleeby and others, 1989a MP-789 Stern and others, 1981 MP-847 do -do MP-846 do MP-520 do F76-6 do BLd-3 do BLc-4 do RDb-58 do Rda-1 do Nla-12 do DP-1 do DP-2 do MLb-69 do MLc-154 do MLc-10 do MLc-51 do SPc-1 do KPb-85 do SLb-64 do SLb-70 do MLd-52 do JB-1 do SLc-119 do KPd-72 do SL-1 do ABb-1 do MT-12 do HC-1 do MGb-1 do KRO 10 Saleeby, 1982 CT-27 Stern and others, 1981 GM-13 do BN-1 do MT-13 do MT-14 do MT-10 do MT-11 do MB-1 do MB-2 do SD-5 do SD-10 do BIc-1 do BPb-1 do BPd do -Chen and Moore,1979 -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -Bateman, 1992 -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do -do KB4 Saleeby and Sharp, 1980 KB18 do KB13 do JI5 do KB12 do KB10 do JI2 do JI1 do JI4 do KRO2&3 do KRO1 do JI6 do KB17 do KB3 do KB7 do KB4 do KB9 do KB1 do KB6 do KB5 do KB2 do KB14 do KSM2 do KSM1 do JI3 do KB16 do KSM3 do KB15 do KSM4 do KB8 do KB19 do BM684 Saleeby and others, 1987b TC15 do CM25 do CM22b do CM26 do TL197 do WR39 do WR86 do Lithology Granite of Wolf Creek stock intrudes Sierra Butte Formation Metaplagiogranite crosscuts Feather River ultramafics Hornblende biotite granodiorite, Bucks Lake pluton Hornblende biotite granodiorite, Grizzly pluton Blastomylonitic leucodiorite, central belt Leuco quartz diorite dike, central belt Plagioclase phyric dacite, Smartville complex Quartz-albite? phyric keratophyre tuff, central belt Biotite granodiorite, Bald Rock pluton Hornblende biotite granodiorite, Scales pluton (cuts fault) Hornblende diorite, central belt Fine grained plagiogranite screen, Smartville complex Hornblende tonalite screen, Smartville complex Hornblende biotite tonalite, Yuba Rivers pluton Biotite hornblende tonalite, Yuba Rivers pluton Tuff in Shoo Fly Complex Oriental Mine granite, Feather River belt Granitic phase of Bowman Lake batholith Bowman Lake batholith Rhyolite sill in Sierra Butte Fm Bowman Lake batholith Bowman Lake batholith Hornblende pyroxene quartz-diorite, Emigrant Gap pluton Two pyroxene diorite Foliated hornblende leucotonalite dike Rattlesnake Creek pluton, hbld-biotite granodiorite Plagiogranite/quartz diorite screen in basaltic sheeted dikes Plagiogranite dike in deformed mafic sheeted dikes Plagiogranite dike in gabbro Pyroxene diorite phase of pluton Meta plagiogranite block in serpentinite melange Meta plagiogranite Granodiorite Blastomylonitic granite Pyroxene diorite Granodiorite Metaplagiogranite in serpentinite melange Pyroxene diorite and quartz diorite Standard pluton, Jawbone sequence Chinese Camp pluton Pyroxene diorite, intrudes Penon Blanco volcanics Pyroxenite cobble in conglomerate bed Page Mountain pluton Granodiorite of Cottonwood Creek Cobb Creek pluton, Jawbone sequence Qtz diorite of Granite Creek, Jawbone sequence Don Pedro pluton Hornblende diorite, small intrusive in Penon Blanco volcanics Pyroxene diorite, small intrusive in Penon Blanco volcanics Granodiorite of Sawmill Mountain Quartz diorite of Granite Creek, Jawbone sequence Biotite leucotonalite, Hornitos pluton Biotite hornblende tonalite, Santa Cruz Mountain pluton Biotite leucotonalite, La Paloma pluton Qtz diorite north of May Lake, Tuolumne sequence Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, Tuolumne sequence El Capitan Granite Biotite hornblende diorite, Courthouse pluton Garnet-biotite tonalite, Courthouse pluton Taft Granite Granodiorite of The Gateway, Fine Gold sequence Guadalupe pyroxene gabbro Tonalite of Blue Canyon, Fine Gold sequence Guadalupe granophyric granite Granodiorite of Ostrander Lake, Buena Vista sequence El Capitan Granite Biotite-hornblende tonalite, White Rock pluton Granodiorite of Red Devil Lake, Washburn sequence Metavolcanic rock, Merced Peak sequence Granodiorite of Illilouete Creek, Buena Vista sequence Granite porphyry of Post Peak, Merced Peak sequence Granodiorite of Jackass Lakes, Merced Peak sequence Granodiorite of Kuna Crest, Tuolumne sequence Oakhurst pluton Oakhurst pluton Granodiorite of Knowles, Fine Gold sequence Tonalite of Blue Canyon, Fine Gold sequence Plagiogranite of Ward Creek, Fine Gold sequence Granite of Mono Recesses, Mono Pass sequence Leuco-granite of Graveyard Peak Tonalite of Blue Canyon, Fine Gold sequence Tonalite of Blue Canyon, Fine Gold sequence Tonalite of Blue Canyon, Fine Gold sequence Tonalite of Blue Canyon, Fine Gold sequence Granodiorite of Whiskey Ridge, Shaver sequence Granodiorite of Lake Edison, Mono Pass sequence Tonalite of Ross Creek, Fine Gold sequence Granite of Shuteye Peak, Shaver sequence Tonalite of Blue Canyon, Fine Gold sequence do Leucogranite of Big Sandy Bluffs, Kaiser sequence Mount Givens Granodiorite, Kaiser sequence Granodiorite of Dinkey Creek, Shaver sequence Granite of Mono Pass Recesses, Mono Pass sequence Granodiorite of Lake Edison, Mono Pass sequence Mount Givens Granodiorite, Kaiser sequence Lamark Granodiorite, Powell sequence Plagiogranite screen in sheeted dikes Granodiorite of Benton Range, Scheelite sequence Granite of Casa Diablo Mountain Granite of Pellisier Flats Round Valley Peak Granodiorite, Mono Pass sequence Quartz diorite from Pine Creek Mine Wheeler Crest Quartz Monzonite, Scheelite sequence Tungsten Hills Quartz Monzonite, Scheelite sequence Granodiorite of Mount Barcroft Quartz Monzonite of Beer Creek, Soldier Pass sequence do Monzonite of Joshua Flat, Soldier Pass sequence Leucogranite of Rawson Creek Granite west of Warren Lake Tinemaha Granodiorite, Palisade sequence Tungsten Hills Quartz Monzonite Sheared granite of Goddard pendant Granodiorite of Santa Rita Flat pluton Quartz monzonite Tinemaha Granodiorite Mafic dike of Independence Dike Swarm do Quartz monzonite of Long John pluton Monzonite of Darwin stock Quartz Monzonite of Coso pluton Granite of Bendire Canyon Quartz monzonite of Maturango Peak Mafic dike Quartz monzonite of southern Argus Range Granodiorite of eastern Spangler Hills Fine Gold intrusive suite do do do Yosemite Valley intrusive suite Scheelite intrusive suite do do do Millerton Lake, unassigned intrusive suite Granodiorite of Rocky Hill stock, intrudes serpentinite melange Hornblende-biotite tonalite of Cretaceous batholith Quartz diorite of Cretaceous batholith Plagiogranite dike, cuts foliated ophiolite near Red Mtn Tonalite of Granite Ridge, cuts Hughes Ridge pluton Hornblende gabbro of younger Cretaceous suite Gabbro-diorite of Mill Creek pluton, intrudes ophiolite do Quartz diorite of Hughes Creek pluton, intrudes ophiolite Meta-plagiogranite in harzburgite mylonite Meta-diorite segregation in gabbroic mylonite Quartz diorite dike, cuts schistose serpentinite of ophiolite Pyroxene quartz diorite of Early Cretaceous batholithic suite Gabbro of Cretaceous batholith do Hornblende gabbro of Early Cretaceous batholith suite Hornblende gabbro, of Cretaceous batholith Biotite-hornblende gabbro of Cretaceous batholith Two-pyroxene hornblende gabbro of Cretaceous batholith Pyroxene-hornblende gabbro of Cretaceous batholith Augite-hypersthene-labradorite mesocumulate; Cretaceous batholith Hornblende-biotite granodiorite of Cretaceous batholith Meta-plagiogranite intruding peridotite-gabbro melange Diorite pod in gabbro dike that intrudes ultramafic rock Hornblende diorite dike, cuts volcanic unit Granodiorite of Round Valley stock intrudes serpentinite melange Meta-plagiogranite, in gabbro block in melange Granodiorite of Frazier Valley stock, intrudes serpentinite melange Small meta-plagiogranite block in altered melange Hornblende norite, in Cretaceous batholith Tonalite of the younger Cretaceous batholitic suite Nonfoliated tonalite of Bear Valley Springs Foliated tonalite of Bear Valley Springs do Nonfoliated tonalite of Bear Valley Springs Foliated tonalite of Bear Valley Springs Foliated hypersthene tonalite of Bison Peak Layered tonalite gneiss of Tejon Creek Nonfoliated two-pyroxene hornblende metagabbro of Tunis Creek Map No. New / Pub 177 1 178 2 179 3 180 6 181 7 182 8 183 9 184 10 185 11 186 12 187 14 188 15 189 16 190 17 191 24 192 25 193 26 194 27 195 31 196 42 197 43 198 46 199 47 200 49 201 50 202 51 203 54 204 55 205 -206 -207 -208 -209 -210 -211 -212 -213 -214 -215 -216 -217 -218 -219 -220 -221 -222 -223 -224 -225 -226 -227 -228 -229 -230 -231 -232 -233 -234 -235 -236 -237 -U/Pb Sample Reference Age(Ma) Number 114 W10 Chen and Moore, 1982 112 W12 do 111 W22 do 111 W4 do 112 W3 do 106 W2 do 128 W6 do 110 KC11 do 110 KC6 do 86 KC19 do 99 KC5 do 108 KC16 do 97 KC2 do 97 KC15 do 103 OW4 do 103 OW34 do 165 OW6 do 112 OW7 do 115 W26 do 98 SQ12 do 98 SQ48 do 100 SQ61 do 91 SQ67 do 83 OW40 do 87 OW41 do 85 E27-3 do 108 W31 do 104 W32 do 152 SCc-19 Wooden and others, 1999 170 SCc-1 do 125 SCg-1 do 86 MC-113F do 98 MC-122F do 97 MC-274F do 97 MC-276F do 94 MC-280F do 100 MC-299F do 143 J.B. Saleeby cited in Graymer,1992 150 do 207 -Edelman and others, 1989 209 -do 168 -do 159 -do 161 -do 158 -do 163 -do 142 I-1-00 This report 133 I-2-00 do 170 I-3-00 do 175 I-5-00 do ~165 I-6-00 do 160 I-7-00 do 166 -Girty and others, 1995 141 I-9-00 This report 142 I-11-00 do 128 I-12-00 do 159 I-13-00 do 159 I-15-00 do 159 I-17-00 do 142 -M. Martin and J. D. Walker 142 -cited in Guglielmo, 1993 Lithology Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Unnamed pluton, alaskite Unnamed pluton, quartz monzonite Aplite dike in Yucca Point pluton Yucca Point pluton, quartz diorite Dike, quartz monzonite of Brush Canyon pluton Tombstone Creek pluton, granodiorite Lightning Creek pluton, granodiorite Lookout Creek pluton, granodiorite Lookout Creek pluton, granodiorite Bullfrog pluton, alaskitic granite Dragon pluton, quartz monzonite Woods Lake, Tinemaha granodiorite Independence pluton, granite Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Big Meadow pluton, granodiorite Big Meadow pluton, granodiorite Alaskite, within Big Meadow pluton Mitchell Peak pluton, granodiorite Whitney pluton, porphyritic granodiorite Lone Pine pluton, granodiorite Alabama Hills pluton, quartz monzonite Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Unnamed pluton, quartz diorite Omo Ranch pluton Pino Grande pluton N.Y. Ranch pluton Post Peak pluton Jackass pluton Red Peak pluton Timber Knob pluton Norris Creek pluton Shellenberger pluton Granodiorite to hornblende diorite, Coloma pluton Hornblende-plagioclase porphyry, unnamed pluton Foliated tonalite, plutonic unit of Slate Creek complex Tonalite, plutonic unit of Slate Creek complex Gabbroic to tonalitic Scales pluton Gabbroic to granodioritic Yuba Rivers pluton do do Tonalite dike cutting 198 Ma tonalite of Smartville complex Tonalite, Penryn(?) pluton Tonalite Granodiorite Granodiorite Granodiorite(?) Jesus Maria pluton Haypress Creek pluton Granodiorite, Concow pluton Trondhjemite , Merrimac pluton Trondhjemite stock Tonalite, Swede Flat pluton Granodiorite, unnamed pluton Granodiorite, Grass Valley pluton Merrimac, northern pluton Merrimac, southern pluton

121
Susanville

120
gv

Cenozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks; locally present but not shown in much of central Sierra Nevada Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of Great Valley sequence (Chico Fm.) at NW border of Sierra Nevada

SUBJACENT ROCKS Northern Sierra terrane, divided into:

L. Almanor

122
gv

If Mc
2-314 3-140 4-140
CV

1-378

Jurassic volcanic arc units; Early to Middle Jurassic; includes Kettlerock and Mt. Jura sequences, and Tuttle Lake and Sailor Canyon Fms. Permian volcanic arc sequence; includes Goodhue, Arlington, and Reeves Fms.; locally overlain by Late Triassic Pit Fm. and Hosselkus Limestone (small uncolored area at If locality)

If 40 Mc
Quincy Feather River Inn
DGO RAS

Taylorsville sequence; Late Devonian to Pennsylvanian; depositional on Shoo Fly complex; includes Grizzly, Sierra Buttes, Taylor and Peale Fms. Shoo Fly complex; post-Cambrian to pre-Late Devonian; chiefly volcanic arc deposits; includes Sierra City melange, Culbertson Lake allochthon, Duncan Peak allochthon, and Lang sequence

Lake Tahoe sequence; middle Paleozoic(?) quartz-rich and carbonate rocks overlain by Jurassic(?) rocks
Butt Valley subterrane; thrust block of Taylor Fm. and Late Triassic conglomerate and limestone Soda Ravine subterrane; slaty argillite with tectonic blocks of Permian and Late Triassic limestone Feather River terrane: Includes-Feather River peridotite, mostly serpentinized, and related ultramafic and mafic rocks

gv
230-141

5-204

Chico

gv
FC

6-196 7-164

236-142 231-142 237-142

FC

8-193

SC

16-423

gv

216-207 217-209 9-140 218-168 10-168

SC FC SC
DGO RAS

11-205
RAS

229-166 17-388 18-409 20-368 21-385 19-385 22-385 23-164 24-163

LC

Mc
CV DP

Red Ant Schist and Devils Gate ophiolite

232-128 233-159 13-162 12-162 234-159

219-159 14-159
FC

Calaveras terrane; late Paleozoic and/or Triassic chert-argillite melange Don Pedro terrane; pre-Jurassic melange overlain by Jurassic volcanic and sedimentary rocks Central belt: Includes Fiddle Creek terrane (FC), Slate Creek terrane (SC), Lake Combie terrane (LC) American River terrane (AR), Mount Ararat terrane (MA), Cool Quarry terrane (CQ), French Creek terrane (FrC), Mother Lode terrane (ML), Tuolumne ophiolitic melange (TOM), and unassigned serpentiniferous melange Foothills belt: Includes-Smartville complex (including Pine Hill complex (PH)) Jurassic volcanic and sedimentary rocks

220-161 15-159
LC

Truckee
26-120

221-158

222-163 235-159

Marysville
25-162
FC AR AR

Lake Tahoe

39
Auburn
AR CQ

206-170
MA

27-163 28-165

Mainly slaty sedimentary rocks of the Upper Jurassic Mariposa Fm and similar rocks; upper Oxfordian and lower Kimmeridgian; interfingers with and overlies upper part of Logtown Ridge Fm and similar volcanics; depositional on older Jurassic volcanic formations and melange(?); generally folded and faulted into rocks of Central belt and western Foothills belt. Roof pendants in Sierra Nevada batholith

AR

223-142 214-143 29-162

PH

Kings-Kaweah ophiolitic melange of Saleeby and Sharp (1980)

30-166
FrC

ML

Mesozoic to Precambrian sedimentary, volcanic, and metamorphic rocks east and south of Sierra Nevada
224-133

32-286

31-304 215-150 225-170

ML

PLUTONIC ROCKS, divided into:

205-152

Sierra Nevada batholith; mainly 125 Ma to 82 Ma; mid-Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) to mid-Late Cretaceous (Campanian) ~130 Ma (U/Pb); mid-Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian)

ML

207-125 227-~165
Calaveras

119

~140 Ma (U/Pb); early Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) ~150 Ma (U/Pb); late Late Jurassic (Tithonian)

T T T

226-175 228-160 33-177

Bridgeport
y Fl

~160 Ma (U/Pb); early Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) ~170 Ma (U/Pb); late Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian) ~200 Ma (U/Pb); mid-Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)

oo Sh

34-216
CV DP
fa ul t

35-170 38-173

? 36-162

Greater than ~370 Ma (U/Pb); Late Devonian or older ?

44-151 46-166 50-116 51-163
So n

Mono Lake 128-~108 129-~113 133-~210 56-86 55-88 131-~119 132-~102 99-214 135-~201

38

U/Pb date not available, or conflicting data Plutonic rocks east and south of Sierra Nevada

37-280 40-190 41-199 42-198

39-164 43-148

TOM

?
45-162 47-182 48-200 ? 49-196
lt fau ns tai un Mo ar Be

100-161 134-~210

Yosemite Village
60-96

101-90

130-~116
or a fa ul t

Dated intrusive (color coded) of small or unknown extent, or east of Sierra Nevada 58-151 Sample locality, with locality number followed by U/Pb age (Ma) Note: U/Pb dates are correlated with geologic time scale of Palmer (1983)

CV

? ?
s fa ul t

57-103 61-117

DP

52-150 54-149 53-147 58-146 59-138

elo

ne

72-98 73-91 69-100 209-98 71-93 70-100 79-76 208-86 65-112 210-97 213-100 68-98 211-97 66-97 212-94 80-99 86-90 74-105 94-88 103-169 92-93 85-103 95-93

118
136-~160 106-161 102-89 107-172 108-168

62-151
GC

63-118

= Terrane boundary = Late Jurassic (late Callovian to early Kimmeridgian) megafossil locality (Imlay, 1961); red localities are from S.A. Paterson (written commun., 2001) If = Ichthyosaur fossil (Triassic) T = Tethyan fossil fauna (Permian) Mc = McCloud fossil fauna (Permian)

64-151
M M

104-207 113-198 105-202

Bishop
110-95 111-167

109-167

Merced

75-108

67-123 76-111 77-111 78-115 83-124 84-110 137-~132 82-115 81-114

87-113 88-102 90-116 89-112 91-93 93-104 96-88 97-90 114-158

112-155

37
115-163

117

Fresno

138-120 139-114 140-121

147-190-305 148-190-225 149-150-190

141-154 142-125 143-98 185-110 186-86 144-169 190-97 146-157 184-110 145-170 187-99 189-97 180-111 98-199 188-108 182-106 177-114 181-112 183-128 179-111 199-91 150-115 198-100 178-112 195-115 197-98 151-120 152-116 153-130 154-110 155-125 156-117 157-118 159-120 160-270-305 161-191-225 196-98

193-165 194-112 118-181 117-164 191-103 116-103 192-103 119-148 201-87 200-83

Lone Pine
202-85

120-174

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B., 1982, Significance of mid-Mesozoic peridotitic to dioritic intrusive complexes, Klamath Mountains-western Sierra Nevada, California: Geology, v. 10, no. 3, p. 160-166. Stern, T. W., Bateman, P. C., Morgan, B. A., Newell, M. F., and Peck, D. L., 1981, Isotopic U-Pb ages of zircon from the granitoids of the central Sierra Nevada, California: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1185, 19 p. Wagner, D. L., Jennings, C. W., Bedrossian, T. L., and Bortugo, E. J., 1981, Geologic map of the Sacramento Quadrangle: California Division of Mines and Geology, Regional Geologic Map Series, Map No. 1A, scale 1:250,000. Wooden, J. L., Kistler, R. W., and Tosdal, R. M., 1999, Strontium, lead, and oxygen isotopic data for granitoid and volcanic rocks from the northern Great Basin and Sierra Nevada, California, Nevada and Utah: U. S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 99-569, 20 p.

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Geologic map compiled and modified mainly from Jennings (1977) and from Edelman and others (1989), Graymer (1992), Harwood (1992), Jayko (1988), Saleeby (1982), Saleeby and Sharp (1980), Saleeby and others (1989a; 1989c), Saucedo and Wagner (1992), Schweickert and others (1999), Stern and others (1981), Wagner and others (1981), and others. Thanks to Sherman Gromme for assistance in sampling localities 230 to 235, and to Doris and Rudy Kopf for help with sample 235 in Grass Valley. Scott Paterson and Markus Albertz suggested changes in the map, especially in the distribution of the Mariposa Formation, and contributed data on three Late Jurassic fossil localities. Thanks also to Ronald Kistler and Russell Graymer whose technical reviews and numerous suggestions improved this report, and to Susan Mayfield for her help with the graphics.

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MAP SHOWING PLUTONS AND ACCRETED TERRANES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, WITH A TABULATION OF U/Pb ISOTOPIC AGES
Compiled by William P. Irwin and Joseph L. Wooden 2001

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