Sugarloaf, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 36° 42' 33'' North , 121° 7' 5'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 36.70940,-121.11825 |
Köppen climate type: | Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate |
A summit.
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Regional Geology
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Cretaceous - Jurassic 66 - 201.3 Ma ID: 3051031 | Franciscan Complex, chert |
Cretaceous - Jurassic 66 - 201.3 Ma ID: 2881663 | Franciscan Complex, unit 1 (Coast Ranges) Age: Mesozoic (66 - 201.3 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Franciscan Complex; Dothan Formation; Honda Formation; San Luis Formation; Valentine Spring Formation Description: Franciscan complex: Cretaceous and Jurassic sandstone with smaller amounts of shale, chert, limestone, and conglomerate. Includes Franciscan melange, except where separated--see KJfm. Comments: Coast Ranges. Primarily Yolla Bolly, Central, and San Simeon terranes of Silberling et al. (1987). Consists primarily of variably deformed and metamorphosed graywacke, mudstone, and chert. Lithology: Major:{sandstone,mudstone}, Minor:{chert}, Incidental:{limestone, conglomerate, greenstone, serpentinite, gabbro, amphibolite, schist, felsic volcanic} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Cretaceous - Jurassic 66 - 201.3 Ma ID: 3187717 | Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Mesozoic (66 - 201.3 Ma) Comments: Franciscan; Diablo Range Lithology: Mudstone-carbonate-sandstone-conglomerate Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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Localities in this Region
- California
- San Benito Co.
- Diablo Range
- Sugarloaf
- Diablo Range
- San Benito Co.