GRD02GDS0

W69-6

Greywacke

Mesozoic › Cretaceous › Late Cretaceous
65.5 - 99.6

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Camp Elliott

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Coarse-grained green greywacke. Billet. Original label: Sandstone from Ascuncion formation (Upper K) at stop #4, Hsu Guide to Morro Bay - San Simeon Coast. 3/24/69.

Ophiolite and Melange sequence

Point Sal, Atascadero- Cayucos

California
13 miles northeast of Morro Bay on Highway 41. Point Sal.
Latitude: 35.4643°
Longitude: -120.6727°

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GRD02GDT0: Lithic-quartz sandstone with abundant feldspar, chlorite, and glaucophane. Cross-cutting calcite veins; altered volcanic lithics - a greywacke. (R. Norris)

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