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  Site            Age                                        Location                                                Formation
01A-1        preCambrian                        Goler Wash                                           Early   PreCambrian
01A-2        preCambrian                        Goler Wash                                           Late PreCambrian
01B            preCambian or
​                  Paleozoic B                            El Paso Mnts, Iron Canyon                   Garlock Ser
ies

01C-1        preCambran C-1                    Frazier Mnt                                           Gneiss
01C-2        preCambrian C-2                   Frazier Mnt                                           Gneiss

01D           preCambrian or                     Tehachapi Mnts
                  Mesozoic                               Cal Portland Cement                            Marble

01E           preCambrian                         Randsburgh Mnts                                 Randsburgh Schist
02A           Cambrian A                            White Mountains,
                                                                 Windgate Pass Area                              Poleta Formation

02B           Cambrian B                            White Mountains,
                                                                  Westguard Pass Area                           Campito Formation

02C           Paleozoic or older                 Cave Mnt, Baxter Mine                         Paleozoic or older
02D           Paleozoic or older                Quartzite Mnt, Oro Grande Mine         Paleozoic or older 
​02E           Paleozoic, uncertain             San Andreas, Quarry                            Paleozoic, uncertain
                  Possibley Jurassic

03A           Ordovician A                          Talc City Hills White Swan-
                                                                 Viking Mines                                          Ely Springs Dolomite

​03B          Ordovician-Silurian                Inyo Mnts, Federal White Aggregate  Hidden Valley and
                                                                                                                                 Ely Springs Dolomites

04A           Silurian and Devonian A       Inyo Mountains, Bonham Mine             Hidden Valley Dolomite
05A           Devonian                                Inyo Mountains  Bonham Mine             Lost Burro Formation
06A           Pennsylvanian and
                  Permian                                 Talc City Hills Silver Dollar Mine          Keeler Formation

07A            Jurassic pluton  A                 Edison Electric Plant                             White Quartz Monzonite
07B           Jurassic (?) pluton B             Ball Mountain, Bodfish                         Bodfish Gabbro
                                                                                                                                Layered basic intrusive

07C           Jurassic Marine                     Mt. Bulleon, Quarry                               Upper Jurassic Marine
08A           Jurassic-Triassic A                 Panamint Mountains,
                                                                Anvil Springs Canyon                            Triassic Marine

08B           Jurassic-Triassic  B                Robinson Point, Lake Isabella               Long Canyon Formation
                                                                                                                                 (slate, schist)

08C           Jurassic-Triassic C                 Lake Isabella, Lime Point                        Long Canyon Formation                                                                                                                                          (limestone)
09AB         Jurassic and/or
                  Cretaceous AB                        Road Cut on Hwy 166                             Franciscan Serpentine

10A           Jurassic and/or
                  Cretaceous C                          Garcia Mountains, Charlie Valley           Espada Formation

10B          Jurassic and/or
                 Cretaceous D                           Garcia Mountains, Alamo Creek             Espana Formation

10C          Mesozoic                                 Fountain Springs Quarry                         Granite and Gabbro

11A-1      Cretaceous (Early)                   Mineral King, Empire Mine Road           Metarhyolite Tuff
11A-2      Cretaceous (Early)                   Mouth of Kern Canyon                           Quartz Diorite
11B          Cretaceous B                          Bluestone Ridge, Blue Point                   Gravely Flat Formation
11C          Cretaceous C                          Bluestone Ridge, Cottonwood Canyon   Panoche Fm, Johnson Peak
                                                                                                                                   Sandstone Member

11D          Cretaceous D                         Avenal Ridge, Cottonwood Creek             Panoche Fm, Catskill
                                                                                                                                   Canyon Sandstone Member

11E          Cretaceous E                          Lake Isabella Boat Launch                       French Gulch Metavolcanic
                                                                                                                                   Pendent

12A          Tertiary intrusives A              Goler Wash                                               Tertiary intrusives
12B          Tertiary, Dacite B                   Twin Oaks                                                 Unnamed Dacite
12C          Tertiary, Rhyolite flow C       Twin Oaks                                                  Unnamed Rhyolite
13A          Paleocene (Eocene or
                Cretaceous) A                        La Panza Range, Carrizo Canyon              Unnamed Paleocene

13B         Paleocene (Eocene or
                Cretaceous) B                        Sierra Madre, Cuyama River                     Unnamed Paleocene

14A         Eocene A                                San Emigdio Mnts, San Emigdio
                                                               Canyon                                                        Tejon Formation

15A         Oligocene A                           San Emigdio Mnts, Valle Vista
                                                               Campground                                               Simler Formation

16A         Miocene A                              Santa Maria                                                Unnamed Pyroclastic
16B         Miocene B                              Quail Lake                                                  Quail Lake Formation
16C         Miocene C                               Goreman                                                     Neenach Fm
16D         Miocene D                              Pinnacles Nat'l Park                                   Neenach Fm
16E         Miocene E                              Taft Production Kitty Litter Mine               Gould Member of the
                                                                                                                                    Monterey Fm

16F         Miocene F                              Tepusquet Canyon, Quarry                         Monterey Fm
16G         Miocene G                             Soldedad Mnt, Mine                                   Gem Hill Fm
16H         Miocene H                             Lompoc, Celite Diatomite Mine                Sisquoc Fm
16-I         Miocene I                              Fish Creek Mnts, U.S. Gypsum Mine         Fish Creek Fm
17A         Pliocene A                              Kettleman Hills                                           Etchegoin Formation
17B        Pliocene B                               Reef Ridge                                                  Etchegoin Formation
18A        Pleistocene A                          Road Cut on Round Mountain Road          Kern River Formation
                                                                                                                                    Oil Sand

18B        Pleistocene B                           Abandoned Quarry                                    Kern River Formation
18C        Pleistocene C                           Road Cut on Hwy 179,
                                                                Rio Bravo Country Club                             Kern River Formation

18D       Pleistocene D                           Junction Hwy 33 and 56                           Belridge member,
                                                                south of McKittrick                                    Monterey Formation

18E      Pleistocene E                            Grimes Canyon                                          Monterey Shale     
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