STATE OF CALIFORNIA - ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, GOVERNOR

CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE RESOURCES AGENCY - MIKE CHRISMAN, SECRETARY MAP SHEET 57
JOHN G. PARRISH, Ph.D., STATE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION - BRIDGETT LUTHER, DIRECTOR SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA
GEOLOGIST

SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA

CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS
Goose SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROC Age
Lake In Millions
of Years

Pleistocene-Holocene
Clear Lake

QUATERNARY
Res.
MODOC 0.011
MT
SHASTA ALTURAS
x
U
LT
1.6

Pliocene

CENOZOIC
5.3

Miocene
PLATEAU 24

Oligocene
EUREKA Shasta

TERTIARY
Lake

37

Eocene
LASSEN Eagle Lake
REDDING PEAK
Cape Mendocino
x SUSANVILLE 58
Cenozoic nonmarine Cenozoic volcanic

Paleocene
Honey Lake IN TRUSIVE IGNEOUS AND (continental) sedimentary rocks
Lake METAMORPH IC ROCKS rocks and alluvial deposits Cenozoic marine
Almanor sedimentary rocks

TERTIARY-- CRETACEOUS
Granitic rocks
chiefly Mesozoic
65

PERMIAN TRIASSIC JURASSICCRETACEOUS

MESOZOIC
Serpentinized ultramafic
rocks chiefly Mesozoic
UKIAH NEVADA CITY Late Mesozoic (latest 144
Clear SUTTER Lake Jurassic and Cretaceous)
Lake BUTTES Tahoe
marine sedimentary rocks;
Great Valley Sequence and 208
related rocks Late Mesozoic (latest
Jurassic and Cretaceous)
PLACERVILL rocks of the
E Franciscan Complex 245
SACRAMENTO

Mesozoic sedimentary
and volcanic rocks in 286
places strongly
metamorphosed

CARBON-- IFEROUS
Pre-Cenozoic metamorphic
360

PALEOZOIC
rocks of unknown age
Mono
Point Reyes Lake

408

CAMBRIAN SILURIAN-- DEVONIAN ORDOVICIAN

YOSEMITE
SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL Paleozoic sedimentary
PARK and volcanic rocks; in 505
places strongly
metamorphosed
BISHOP
570

PRECAMBRIAN
Precambrian rocks of
all types including
coarse-grained intrusives
Monterey
Bay INDEPENDENCE
FRESNO
x
MONTEREY
Shaded relief map MT
WHITNEY Contact
Owens Lake
showing the natural
Geomorphic Fault
Provinces
Dotted where concealed;
includes low-angle faults;
arrows indicate direction or
Searles relative movement on
Lake strike-slip faults

BASIN
AND SAN LUIS
RANGE BAKERSFIELD
OBISPO

NEEDLES
DESERT
MOJAVE

BIG

Point Conception

SANTA
SANTA BARBARA
MTN FAULT
San Miguel Island
SAN BERNARDINO

Santa Cruz Island LOS ANGELES

Santa Rosa Island

Santa Barbara Island

San Nicolas Island Santa Catalina Island

TRANSVERSE
RANGES

San Clemente Island

PENINSULAR
RANGES EL CENTRO
COLORADO Point Loma
DESERT SAN DIEGO 0 50 100 MILES
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