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CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JOHN G. PARRISH, Ph.D., STATE GEOLOGIST STATE OF CALIFORNIA - ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, GOVERNOR THE RESOURCES AGENCY - MIKE CHRISMAN, SECRETARY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION - BRIDGETT LUTHER, DIRECTOR MAP SHEET 57 SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA Graphics by Jerry Wampole/CGS Copyright © 2006 by the California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the California Geological Survey. OWENS VALLEY FAULT SAN FRANCISCO MONTEREY NEEDLES UKIAH EUREKA REDDING EL CENTRO SAN DIEGO LOS ANGELES BAKERSFIELD SANTA BARBARA SAN LUIS OBISPO FRESNO BISHOP INDEPENDENCE SAN BERNARDINO SUSANVILLE ALTURAS NEVADA CITY SACRAMENTO PLACERVILLE CUYAMA FAULT NACIMIENTO FAULT SAN ANDREAS FAULT CEDAR CANYON FAULT IVANPAH FAULT SAN JACINTO FAULT ELSINORE FAULT SAN ANDREAS FAULT IMPERIAL FAULT PINTO MTN FAULT SAN GABRIEL FAULT OAKRIDGE FAULT SANTA YNEZ FAULT BIG PINE FAULT NEVADA FAULT ZONE SIERRA NEW PO RT-I NGLEWOOD FAULT WHITE MTN FAULT PANAMINT VALLEY FAULT KERN CANYON FAULT GARLOCK FAULT BLACKWATER FAULT HELENDALE FAULT LENWOOD FAULT CALICO FAULT MISSION CREEK FAULT BANNING FAULT HAYWARD FAULT CALAVERAS FAULT S UR PR ISE VALL EY FA ULT HONEY LAKE FAULT SOUT H FORK MTN FAULT SAN ANDREAS FAULT WHITTIER FAULT CHINO FAULT RODGERS CREEK FAULT MAACAMA FAULT CAMP ROCK FAULT MANIX FAULT DEATH VALL EY F AULT SYST EM Shasta Lake Searles Lake Owens Lake Lake Tahoe Mono Lake Eagle Lake Honey Lake Lake Almanor Clear Lake Res. Goose Lake Clear Lake Salton Sea San Joaquin River Tuolumne River Merced River Trinity River Kl am ath River McCloud River Colorado River Yuba River American River Feather River Sacramento River Mokelumne River Stanislaus River River Kings Salinas River Russian River Mad River Eel River Pit River Kern River TRANSVERSE RANGES MT WHITNEY x COAST RANGES MT SHASTA x KLAMATH MOUNTAINS CASCADE MOUNTAINS LASSEN PEAK x PENINSULAR RANGES SUTTER BUTTES SIERRA NEVADA MODOC PLATEAU GREA T V A LLEY YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK GREAT BASIN SALTON TROUGH MOJAVE DESERT MOTHER LODE BELT San Clemente Island Santa Catalina Island Santa Barbara Island San Nicolas Island Santa Rosa Island Santa Cruz Island San Miguel Island Point Conception Point Loma SAN PEDRO CH ANNEL SANTA BARBARA CHA NNEL Monterey Bay Point Reyes Cape Mendocino San Franci sco B ay BARTLETT SPRINGS FAULT CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS Cenozoic nonmarine (continental) sedimentary rocks and alluvial deposits Cenozoic marine sedimentary rocks Cenozoic volcanic rocks Late Mesozoic (latest Jurassic and Cretaceous) marine sedimentary rocks; Great Valley Sequence and related rocks Late Mesozoic (latest Jurassic and Cretaceous) rocks of the Franciscan Complex Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks in places strongly metamorphosed Paleozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks; in places strongly metamorphosed Precambrian rocks of all types including coarse-grained intrusives Pre-Cenozoic metamorphic rocks of unknown age INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS Granitic rocks chiefly Mesozoic Serpentinized ultramafic rocks chiefly Mesozoic Contact Dotted where concealed; includes low-angle faults; arrows indicate direction or relative movement on strike-slip faults Fault ? CENOZOIC TERTIARY QUATERNARY Pleistocene-Holocene Pliocene Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene MESOZOIC PALEOZOIC PRECAMBRIAN SILURIAN-- CAMBRIAN ORDOVICIAN DEVONIAN IFEROUS CARBON-- PERMIAN TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY-- CRETACEOUS Age In Millions of Years 1.6 65 245 570 286 360 408 505 208 144 58 5.3 24 37 0.011 0 50 100 MILES Scale 1:2,250,000 ~ ~ SIERRA NEVADA GREAT VALLEY COAST RANGES KLAMATH MOUNTAINS MODOC PLATEAU RANGE CASCADE BASIN AND RANGE MOJAVE DESERT TRANSVERSE RANGES PENINSULAR RANGES COLORADO DESERT BASIN AND RANGE Shaded relief map showing the natural Geomorphic Provinces
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CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEYJOHN G. PARRISH, Ph.D., STATE GEOLOGIST
STATE OF CALIFORNIA - ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, GOVERNORTHE RESOURCES AGENCY - MIKE CHRISMAN, SECRETARY
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION - BRIDGETT LUTHER, DIRECTORMAP SHEET 57
SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA
SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIFORNIA
Graphics by Jerry Wampole/CGS
Copyright © 2006 by the California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the California Geological Survey.
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SAN FRANCISCO
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UKIAH
EUREKA
REDDING
EL CENTRO
SAN DIEGO
LOS ANGELES
BAKERSFIELD
SANTABARBARA
SAN LUIS OBISPO
FRESNO
BISHOP
INDEPENDENCE
SAN BERNARDINO
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CUYAMA
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ShastaLake
SearlesLake
Owens Lake
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MonoLake
Eagle Lake
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Santa Catalina Island
Santa Barbara Island
San Nicolas Island
Santa Rosa Island
Santa Cruz Island
San Miguel Island
Point Conception
Point Loma
SAN PEDRO CHANNEL
SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL
MontereyBay
Point Reyes
Cape Mendocino
San Francisco Bay
BARTLETT SPRINGS FAULT
C O R R E L AT I O N O F M A P U N I T SS E D I M E N TA R Y A N D V O L C A N I C R O C K SS E D I M E N TA R Y A N D V O L C A N I C R O C K SS E D I M E N TA R Y A N D V O L C A N I C R O C K S
Cenozoic nonmarine(continental) sedimentaryrocks and alluvial deposits Cenozoic marine
sedimentary rocks
Cenozoic volcanicrocks
Late Mesozoic (latestJurassic and Cretaceous)
marine sedimentary rocks; Great Valley Sequence
and related rocks Late Mesozoic (latestJurassic and Cretaceous)
rocks of theFranciscan Complex
Mesozoic sedimentaryand volcanic rocksin places stronglymetamorphosed
Paleozoic sedimentaryand volcanic rocks;in places stronglymetamorphosed
Precambrian rocks ofall types including
coarse-grained intrusives
Pre-Cenozoic metamorphicrocks of unknown age
INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ANDMETAMORPHIC ROCKS
INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ANDMETAMORPHIC ROCKS
INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ANDMETAMORPHIC ROCKS
Granitic rockschiefly Mesozoic
Serpentinized ultramaficrocks chiefly Mesozoic
Contact
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SIERRA NEVADA
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Shaded relief map showing the natural
Geomorphic Provinces
