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STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUNDG. BROWN J R., GOVERNOR
THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY J OHN LAIRD, SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION MARK NECHODOM, CONSERVATION DIRECTOR
CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
J OHN G. PARRISH, Ph.D., STATE GEOLOGIST
This geologic map was funded in part by the
USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping
Program, StatemapAward no. G12AC20278
PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PALMDALE 7.5' QUADRANGLE,
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: A DIGITAL DATABASE
VERSION 1.0
By
Brian P.E. Olson and J anis L. Hernandez
Digital Preparation
by
Brian P.E. Olson, J anis L. Hernandez, Carlos I. Gutierrez and Matt D. ONeal
2013
PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PALMDALE 7.5 QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA
Copyright 2013 by the California Department of Conservation
California Geological Survey. All rights reserved. No part of
this publication may be reproduced without written consent of the
California Geological Survey.
"The Department of Conservation makes no warranties as to the
suitability of this product for any given purpose."
Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 11N,
NorthAmerican Datum1927.
Topographic base fromU.S. Geological Survey
Palmdale 7.5-minute Quadrangle, 1958; Photorevised
1974. Shaded relief image derived fromLos Angeles
County LAR-IAC, 3-meter digital elevation model, 2006.
Professional Licenses and Certifications:
B.P.E. Olson - PG No. 7923, CEG No. 2429; J .L. Hernandez - PG No. 7237, CEG No. 2260
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MAP SYMBOLS
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where approximately located; dotted where concealed, queried
where uncertain.
Fault - Solid where accurately located; long dash where approximately
located; short dash where inferred; dotted where concealed,
queried where uncertain. Arrowand number indicate direction and
angle of dip of fault plane.
Thrust Fault - Barbs on upper plate; solid where accurately located; long
dash where approximately located. Arrowand number indicate
direction and angle of dip of fault plane.
Syncline - Solid where accurately located; long dash where
approximately located; dotted where concealed.
Anticline - Solid where accurately located; long dash where
approximately located.
Strike and dip of sedimentary beds. Number indicates
dip angle in degrees:
Inclined bedding.
Horizontal bedding.
Vertical bedding.
Strike and dip of foliation. Number indicates dip angle in
degrees:
Inclined foliation.
Vertical foliation.
Strike and dip of joints. Number indicates dip angle in
degrees:
Inclined joint.
Vertical joint.
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SELECTEDREFERENCES
Barrows, A.G., Kahle, J .E., and Beeby, D.J ., 1985, Earthquake hazards and tectonic history of the San Andreas fault zone, Los Angeles County,
California: California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 85-10 LA, 236 p., 21 plates, scale 1:12,000.
Barth, A.P., J acobson, C.E., Coleman, D.S., and Wooden, J .L., 2001, Construction and tectonic evolution of cordilleran continental crust:
Examples fromthe San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, in Dunne, G., and Cooper, J ., ed., Geologic Excursions in the California
Deserts and Adjacent Transverse Ranges: Pacific Section SEPM, Book 88, p. 17 53.
Dibblee, T.W., J r., 1997, Geologic Map of the Pacifico Mountain and Palmdale Quadrangles, Los Angeles County, Califonia: Dibblee Geological
Foundation map DF-76, map scale 1:24,000.
Ehlig, P.L., 1975, Basement Rocks of the San Gabriel Mountains, South of the San Andreas Fault, southern California, in Crowell, J .C., ed., San
Andreas Fault in southern California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Special Report 118, p. 177 - 186.
Ehlig, P.L., 1981, Origin and tectonic history of the basement terrane of the San Gabriel Mountains, Central Transverse Ranges, in Ernst. W.G.,
ed., The Geotectonic Development of California, Rubey Volume 1: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NewJ ersey, p. 253-283.
Hendrix, E.D. and Ingersoll, R.V., 1987, Tectonics and alluvial sedimentation of the upper Oligocene/lower Miocene Vasquez Formation,
Soledad basin, southern California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.98, p. 647-663.
J ahns, R.H. and Muehlberger, W.R., 1954, Geology of the Soledad Basin, Los Angeles County: California Division of Mines and Geology
Bulletin 170, Map Sheet 6.
J oseph, S.E., Criscione, J .J ., Davis, T.E., and Ehlig, P.L., 1982, The Lowe Igneous Pluton, in Fife, D.L., and Minch, J .A., editors, Geology and
Mineral Wealth of the California Transverse Ranges, South Coast Geological Society, p. 307-309.
Lancaster, J .T., Hernandez, J .L., Haydon, W.D., Dawson, T.E., and Hayhurst, C.A., 2012, Geologic Map of Quaternary Surficial Deposits,
Lancaster 30 X 60 Quadrangle: California Geological Survey Special Report 217, Plate 22.
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Bulletin, v.42, p. 1812-1844.
Morton, D. M., 2009 and 2013, Personal communication, thin section reviews 2013.
Noble, L. F., 1953, Geology of the Pearland quadrangle, California: US Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-24, map scale
1:24,000.
Pridmore, Cynthia L., 2003, Liquefaction zones in the Palmdale 7.5-minute quadrangle, Los Angeles County, California: California Geological
Survey Seismic Hazard Zone Report 105, Section 1, p. 3 20.
Silva, M.A., J ones, T.A., Barrows, A.G., 2003, Earthquake-induced landslide zones in the Palmdale 7.5-minute quadrangle, Los Angeles County,
California: California Geological Survey Seismic Hazard Zone Report 105, Section 2, p. 21 40.
Streckeisen, A.L., 1973, Plutonic rocks Classification and nomenclature recommended by the IUGS Subcommission on Systematics of
Igneous Rocks: Geotimes, v. 18, p. 26-30.
______, 1976, To each plutonic rock a proper name: Earth Science Reviews, v. 12, p. 1-33.
AIR PHOTOS/Digital Imagery
Los Angeles County LAR-IAC, 3-Meter Digital Elevation Model (DEM), 2006, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, 320 Temple
Street, Los Angeles, California 90012.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, FarmService Agency-Aerial Photography Field Office, National Agriculture Imagery Program(NAIP), 2009,
1-meter resolution. (http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, FarmService Agency-Aerial Photography Field Office, National Agriculture Imagery Program(NAIP), 2012,
1-meter resolution. (http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/)
U.S. Geological Survey, 1994, Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangle Photos, dated 6-1-94, southern half of quadrangle, Palmdale Quadrangle.
(DOQQ and information concerning themcan be obtained at http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/).

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Artificial fill and disturbed areas (Holocene, historic) Surfaces intensely modified by human construction and grading
activities. Consists of man-made deposits of earth-fill soils derived fromlocal sources. Mapped specifically along the California
Aqueduct structure, debris catchment basins, and includes fill soils along freeway/road alignments.
Wash deposits (late Holocene) Unconsolidated fine- to medium-grained sand, with some coarse sand, fine gravel, and silt. Deposits
are generally pale-brown (10YR 5/3), angular to sub-angular grains, derived fromlocal bedrock, or reworked fromother local
Quaternary sources. Subject to localized reworking and newsediment deposition during stormevents.
Eolian deposits (late Holocene) Unconsolidated, generally well-sorted wind-blown sand; occurs as sheet sand.
Modern alluvium (Holocene) Unconsolidated to weakly consolidated, mostly undissected, fluvial gravel, sand, and silt. Loose,
yellowish-gray sand, silt, and pebble-cobble gravel. Consists predominately of moderately sorted coarse-grained to very coarse
grained arkosic sand.
Ponded alluvium (Holocene) Unconsolidated to weakly consolidated, poorly to moderately sorted gravel, sand, silt and clay deposits
in closed depressions or areas of decreased streamgradient. Mapped predominantly adjacent to strands of the SanAndreas Fault.
Locally included with alluviumand slope wash where map scale prevents subdivision.
Slope Wash (Holocene) Loose sand and rubble debris fromdownslope movement of surficial materials. Unconsolidated sand and
rubble transported predominantly by mass wasting and runoff and deposited directly downslope fromlocal sources as nearly
undissected talus cones and broad aprons. Slope wash is differentiated fromalluviumespecially where it masks contacts and
faults.
Modern alluvial fan deposits (Holocene) Unconsolidated to weakly consolidated, poorly sorted, gravel, sand, and silt deposits
forming active, essentially undissected, alluvial fans. Includes small to large cones at the mouths of streamcanyons and broad
aprons of coarse debris adjacent to mountain fronts.
Lake deposits (Holocene) Unconsolidated, poorly to moderately sorted, sand, silt, clay and minor gravel deposits in closed
depressions that normally contain water. Deposits occur in all lakes in the area and in closed depressions not directly associated
with faulting.
Landslide deposits (Holocene to late Pleistocene) Unconsolidated to weakly consolidated, jumbled rock debris. Fewlandslides
are mapped within the quadrangle. Of these, they are typically found within the Quaternary sediments along the SanAndreas Fault
Zone. Recognizable by topographic expression or chaotic internal structure.
Younger wash deposits (middle to early Holocene) Unconsolidated fine- to medium-grained sand, with some coarse sand and fine
gravel, and silt. Deposits are generally pale-brown (10YR 5/3), angular to sub-angular grains, derived fromlocal bedrock, or
reworked fromother local Quaternary sources.
Younger alluvium (middle to early Holocene) Unconsolidated, light yellowish-brown sand and gravel of slightly dissected alluvial
fans and associated washes.
Young alluvial fan deposits (middle to early Holocene) Unconsolidated to weakly consolidated, dark yellowish-brown, fine to
mediumarkosic sand with fine gravel. Gravels are primarily fromgranitic sources, with many sub-angular fine gravel quartz clasts.
Unit is exposed as slightly dissected, elevated broad alluvial fans.
Older alluvium (late to middle Pleistocene) Unconsolidated to moderately consolidated, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fluvial pebbly
fine- to coarse-grained sand and silt. Color ranges fromlight-brown to dark reddish-brown depending upon source of debris and
extent of weathering. Unit is moderately gullied to deeply dissected and is massive to poorly stratified. Contains moderately
developed soil profiles with thin clay coatings on coarse sand grains.
Older alluvium with Pelona Schist clasts (late to middle Pleistocene) Unconsolidated, poorly sorted, moderately dissected fluvial
gravel, sand and silt deposits. Fine- to coarse-grained sand, clast supported. Gravels are primarily angular to sub-angular Pelona
Schist clasts. Average clast size 10 15 cm. Mapped in the vicinity of the SanAndreas Fault.
Older alluvium with Pelona Schist and syenite clasts (late to middle Pleistocene) Unconsolidated, poorly sorted, moderately
dissected fluvial gravel, sand and silt deposits. Clasts are predominately Pelona Schist and syenite. Unit is found within and north
of the SanAndreas Fault Zone.
Older alluvium with syenite clasts (late to middle Pleistocene) Unconsolidated to moderately consolidated, poorly stratified,
moderately sorted, fluvial gravel, sand, and silt. Gravel mostly consists of angular to sub-angular clasts of syenite, with some
angular to sub-angular fragments of local gneissic and granitic rocks.
Older alluvium with volcanic and syenite clasts (late to middle Pleistocene) Unconsolidated to moderately consolidated, poorly
stratified, moderately sorted, fluvial gravel, sand, and silt. Gravels are primarily angular to sub-angular syenite and angular to
sub-rounded volcanic clasts fromthe Vasquez Formation. Mapped at the base of the hills along the southwestern quadrangle
boundary and within the SanAndreas Fault Zone between Barrel Springs and Little Rock Wash.
Older fan deposits (late to middle Pleistocene) Slightly to moderately consolidated, poorly sorted, coarse gravel and boulder fan
deposit.
Very old fan deposits (late to middle Pleistocene) Slightly to moderately consolidated, poorly sorted, coarse gravel and boulder
fan deposit. Reddish-brown color due to abundant Vasquez Formation volcanic detritus.
Boulder gravel of Little Rock Creek (late to middle Pleistocene) Very coarse cobble to boulder gravel, weakly consoldated, poorly
sorted, dark-red to brown sandy matrix. Locally, forms elevated terraces above Little Rock Creek. Unit contains well-rounded
boulders up to 2 meters long of distinctive Lowe Granodiorite, hornblende gabbro, and hornblendite.
Nadeau Gravel (middle to late Pleistocene) Loose to moderately consolidated, poorly sorted, coarse fluvial gravel. Poorly
consolidated, poorly sorted cobble to boulder gravel with a distinctive dark reddish-brown, silty sand matrix. Clasts up to 45cm,
predominately dark gray, imbricated, angular to sub-rounded slabs, discs and cobbles of Pelona Schist, commonly with angular
milky quartz fragments. Nadeau Gravel also contains syenite, leucocratic granitic rocks, and volcanic clasts fromthe Vasquez
Formation.
EARLY QUATERNARY ANDLATE TERTIALRY UNITS
Harold Formation (early to middle Pleistocene)
Harold Formation, undifferentiated Light-brown, gray, and reddish-brown, silty and sandy to gravelly alluvial fan and playa
deposits, with local lacustrine deposits. Represents low-gradient deposition with lowrelief. Unit is poorly to moderately
consolidated, and commonly contains caliche nodules, and caliche coatings on clasts and within cracks.
Lake deposit member Moderately consolidated white, buff, and light gray clay and clayey silt, massive to well-bedded, abundant
limy nodules. Mapped in the vicinity of the SanAndreas Fault Zone. North of the Nadeau Fault, unit locally contains vertebrate
fossil fragments (Barrows and others, 1985).
Pelona Schist clast member Light brown, light- to dark-gray and reddish-brown alluvial fan and playa deposits. Poorly to
moderately consolidated, massive to moderately well-stratified, poorly sorted, fluvial gravel with 80 percent of the pebble- to
cobble-size clasts, consisting of sub-rounded to sub-angular Pelona Schist. Mapped in the vicinity of the SanAndreas Fault.
Granitic arkose member White, coarse-grained arkose consisting exclusively of angular leucocratic granitic gravel and sand,
poorly- to moderately bedded. Unconformably overlain by Pelona Schist clast member (Qhp). Contrasts with remaining members
of the Harold Formation and may have been derived froma source terrane north of the SanAndreas Fault, which was displaced by
fault movement. Mapped within the SanAndreas Fault Zone, west of Barrel Springs.
Crushed granitic rocks (Quaternary to Tertiary) Crushed granitic rock within SanAndreas Fault Zone. Consists of white,
powdered, crumbly, brecciated granite to granodiorite. Locally well-developed, but shearing not everywhere intensive enough to
obscure original igneous textures, including foliation. Poorly exposed, and severely weathered in shear zones.
Ritter Formation (Pleistocene to Pliocene?) Dark yellowish-brown (10YR 4/4) to light-gray, arkosic sandstone and siltstone,
moderately indurated, fine- to coarse sand and fine- to coarse gravel, with clasts occasionally up to 0.5mdiameter, most common
size is 25 cm. Clasts composed mainly of sub-rounded to sub-angular diorite and gneiss. The source rocks for these clasts are
located west of the map area (Barrows and others, 1985). Mapped as TQr by Barrows and others, 1985.
Juniper Hills Formation (early Pleistocene to late Pliocene)
Juniper Hills Formation, undifferentiated Pink, buff, light-brown, or red pebbly- to cobbly coarse-grained arkosic sandstone, silty
sandstone, with minor conglomerate and thin-bedded shale. Poorly to moderately indurated fluvial deposits commonly exhibit
distinct bedding, generally poorly sorted. Abundant sub-angular to well-rounded clasts consisting of yellowish-brown
sandstone, well-rounded metavolcanic cobbles, rhyolitic and andesitic rocks, leucocratic granitic rocks, Pelona Schist, ferruginous
syenite, blue-quartz granite, and leuco-gneiss (Barrows and others, 1985). This unit is only exposed south of the Nadeau Fault.
Mapped as TQjh by Barrows and others, 1985.
Red arkose member Red- to dark-red pebbly arkose and minor white- to gray silty sandstone. Only exposed along the northern
Nadeau Fault. Unit is friable, heavily stained, highly sheared, and contains fractured clasts of sub-rounded leucocratic granitic
rocks and varicolored volcanic rocks. Barrows and others (1985) note this unit "strongly resembles the Punchbowl Formation and
may have been derived exclusively froma Punchbowl terrane." Mapped as TQjhr by Barrows and others, 1985.
Juniper Hills Formation (Continued)
Clay shale member Lake deposits of greenish-gray, light brown, and black silty clay shale with very thin maroon sandstone layers.
Shale is thin-bedded, gypsiferous, with local iron oxide stained bedding. Also contains minor beds of finely laminated gray- to light
grayish-brown silty sandstone, white arkose, and white chalky calcareous beds, locally expansive with diagnostic popcorn
weathering. This unit is typically folded and internally deformed. Mapped as TQjhc by Barrows and others, 1985.
Mixed clast member White- to buff, poorly sorted and locally chaotic pebbly arkosic sandstone and angular cobble- to boulder
conglomerate. Abundant sub-rounded Pelona Schist cobbles up to 15 cmin diameter and sub-rounded to well-rounded leucocratic
granitic cobbles and small boulders up to 30 cmin diameter. Unit includes minor amounts of sub-rounded sandstone and volcanic
pebbles and cobbles. Mapped as TQjhmby Barrows and others, 1985.
Arkosic basal breccia member White, poorly sorted, arkosic sedimentary breccias and fanglomerate with boulders of pinkish and
buff granite, pink pegmatite, spotted hornblende gabbro, hornblendite, and gray diorite. Forms a basal debris deposit that rests
non-conformably on granitic basement. Mapped as TQjhb by Barrows and others, 1985.
Playa member (early Pleistocene to late Pliocene) Red- to dark-brown clayey siltstone and claystone with abundant gypsum
layers up to 3 cmthick. Weakly consolidated to unconsolidated, typically highly sheared and plastically deformed near faults.
Mapped as TQjhp by Barrows and others, 1985.
Granitic clast-bearing sandstone (early Pleistocene to late Pliocene) Pale-brown, medium- to coarse-grained arkosic pebbly
sandstone and light-brown to gray siltstone. Moderately to well-indurated. Distinctly bedded with layers of sub-rounded to rounded
leucocratic granite to granodiorite and biotite-gneiss pebbles and cobbles. Mapped as TQjhg by Barrows and others, 1985.
TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ANDVOLCANIC UNITS
Anaverde Formation (middle Pliocene)
Clay shale member Light- to dark-gray, thin-bedded, argillaceous to silty clay shale. Locally contains numerous white layers of
gypsum, up to 5 cmthick, and a fewthin lenses of tan, fine-grained sandstone and sandy siltstone. Anaverde Formation is exposed
within, and adjacent to the SanAndreas Fault Zone, where it is locally highly folded. Within unit Tac, some layers reported to
contain leaf fragments (Barrows and others, 1985).
Buff arkose member Light-yellowto gray, massive to moderately-bedded, medium-to very coarse-grained sand and gravel arkose,
with thin silty interbeds near the top of unit.
Red arkose member Pale-red to moderate-red, medium- to thick-bedded, locally massive, coarse pebbly arkose. Pebbles are
angular, and consist of mostly granitic and some dioritic clasts.
White arkose member White, massive, coarse-grained arkose. Larger clasts are generally angular, coarse-grained to pegmatitic
granite, quartz monzonite, and granodiorite. Also contains local thin, reddish-brown silty layers. Gradational upper contact with red
arkose member.
Buff arkose with volcanic clasts member Tan- to light-gray, coarse arkose with inter-bedded pebble to boulder arkose and local
clayey fine sand and silt beds. Moderate to well-consolidated, with cross bedded and cut and fill structures common. Pebble and
boulder clasts are well-rounded, mostly granitic, with lesser quartz latite and dacite volcanic clasts.
Red volcanic arkose member Red- to light-maroon, well-bedded, poorly sorted, coarse arkose with interbedded pebble- to
boulder arkose with volcanic clasts, and local clayey fine sand and silt.
Punchbowl Formation, volcanic clast member (early Pliocene to late Miocene) Well-stratified white- to light-brown to pink,
pebbly to cobbly coarse-grained arkosic sandstone, thin-bedded silty sandstone, and thin-bedded white nodular limestone. Unit is
well-indurated and has abundant light colored granitic pebbles and cobbles, and sub-rounded pebbles and cobbles of tuffaceous
and porphyritic rhyloite and andesite.
Vasquez Formation(early Miocene? to late Oligocene)
Andesitic volcanic rocks (early Miocene? to late Oligocene) Dark-gray to dark reddish-brown andesite and basaltic andesite,
hard, very fine-grained matrix with fine- to mediumeuhedral phenocrysts of plagioclase feldspar. Occasional flowbanding,
conglomeratic layering, and some silica-filled amygdules. Outcrops locally exhibit sub-parallel sheet jointing. Commonly forms
resistant outcrops and ridges. In thin section, samples showepidote, secondary iron (goethite), and compositional zoning in
plagioclase crystals (D.M. Morton, personal comm., 2013).
Tuff breccia (late Oligocene) Light-yellowand light-green tuff breccias. Hard, massive, contains small angular granitic,
metamorphic, and dark brown andesite fragments with minor pumice in a fine-grained matrix; also includes bluish-gray to light- pink
well-indurated vitric lapilli tuff, occasional pumice and andesite fragments. In outcrops, unit forms distinctive light-green to tan
resistant lenses intercalated with unit Tva. In thin section, samples showmany zoned plagioclase crystals, quartz with zeolites, and
localized devitrification crystal textures (D.M. Morton, personal comm., 2013).
Mudflow breccia (late Oligocene) Unconsolidated, crudely bedded, poorly sorted, coarse mudflowbreccias. Composed
exclusively of boulders (to 1 meter in diameter) and cobbles of Vasquez Formation volcanic rocks in a lavender to pink matrix of
powdery volcanic ash or reddish-brown clay (Barrows and others, 1985).
Sedimentary layers (late Oligocene) Pebble- to cobble fluvial conglomerate and red clayey siltstone. Unit consists of sub-rounded
to rounded clasts of gray, tan, pink, and lavender volcanic rocks. Also contains quartz monzonitic to granodioritic clasts. Where
outcrops are mapped along I-14, unit appears to overlie unit Tva, suggestingTvs may be intercalated withTva.
Basalt and andesite volcanic rocks (Oligocene) Dark-gray, basaltic to andesitic volcanic rocks. Unit contains small phenocrysts
of augite and olivine. Outcrop exposures are highly jointed and resistant, with weathered surfaces dark-gray to dark- brown.
PRE-TERTIARY INTRUSIVE ANDMETAMORPHIC ROCK UNITS
Granitic rocks, undifferentiated (Cretaceous?) Light-tan to dark-gray and maroon, locally sheared and migmatized, gneissic
texture pervasive. Variable composition of gneissic and granitic rocks. Mapped as gru by Barrows and others (1985), and qd by
Dibblee (1997).
Holcomb Quartz Monzonite and granodiorite (Cretaceous) Light-gray, medium-grained quartz-monzonite to granodiorite. Massive,
somewhat incoherent where weathered, commonly sheared, composed of plagioclase, alkali feldspar, and quartz in nearly equal
amounts with some biotite; In thin section, samples have fresh hornblende, however biotite is mainly altered to ultra-blue chlorite.
Samples also include secondary calcite, some epidote, and sphene crystals appear strained. Unit is only exposed north of the San
Andreas Fault. Forms a prominent ridge in the southeastern corner of the quadrangle and broad aprons of grus northwest of Little
Rock Wash.
Granodiorite (Cretaceous) Light-gray to dark-gray, medium-grained granodiorite. Unit includes well-foliated, gneissic mafic
enclaves. Exposed in southeastern corner of quadrangle south of Little Rock Wash. In thin section, samples have some
hornblende, apatite, euhedral zircons, and biotite although much is altered to chlorite. Some myrmekitic texture observed in
plagioclase feldspars. Mapped as qd by Barrows and others (1985) and Dibblee (1997).
Hornblende diorite (Cretaceous?) Dark-gray to black, hornblende diorite. Unit is exposed south of Mt. Emma Road located in the
southeast section of the map, and appears associated with thrust fault and klippe. Outcrops are not well-exposed. In thin section,
samples have hornblende, plagioclase, very lowquartz which has undulatory extinction. Samples also have abundant secondary
epidote and fewapatite crystals. Mapped as hd by Barrows and others (1985).
Mount Lowe intrusive suite - hornblende zone (Triassic) Light-gray, medium-grained quartz-bearing diorite, and
hornblende-diorite to granodiorite. Massive, somewhat incoherent where weathered; composed of up to 50 percent plagioclase
feldspar and lesser amounts of alkali feldspar, quartz and hornblende, with hornblende as scattered dark clusters. In thin section,
samples have abundant coarse euhedral sphene crystals, minor fine zircon, and generally abundant secondary epidote and
chlorite. Samples also showsecondary carbonate and white mica. Plagioclase is generally fine-grained with many displaying
deformed crystal structure (D.M. Morton, personal comm., 2013). Mt. Lowe intrusive ages using zircon U/Pb are about 220 10 my
reported by Silver, 1971, and Rb/Sr whole-rock age of 208 14 my as reported by J oseph and others, 1982.
Mount Lowe intrusive suite - biotite zone (Triassic) Light-tan, fine- to medium-grained granodiorite. Massive, slightly incoherent
where weathered; composed of large potassiumfeldspars, plagioclase, biotite, and some muscovite. Later aplite dikes common. In
thin section, samples showlarge microcline feldspars with exsolved albite, fine-grained biotite, some epidote, and secondary
muscovite. Aplite dike thin- sections showfeldspar crystals have wavy/bent twin lamellae and fine-grained white mica (D.M.
Morton, personal comm., 2013).
Ferruginous syenite (Mesoproterozoic) Fine- to coarse-grained syenite and quartz-syenite, light-gray where fresh, stained
rusty-brown fromiron oxides where weathered. Equigranular, magnetite is common, highly fractured. Where exposed, soils are
typical dark reddish-brown. Outcrops are jointed and blocky. Unit is part of the San Gabriel Mountains anorthosite-syenite-gabbro
complex. In thin section, samples have distinctive alkali feldspars, which have exsolved into hairline mesoperthite (Ehlig, 1975).
This feldspar texture is also observed in thin section samples collected for this study.
Marble (Paleozoic?) Small white- to light-gray aphanitic to coarse-grained marble inclusions in granitic rocks. Mapped within
the SanAndreas Fault Zone.
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS
Preliminary Geologic Map available from:
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