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Clifton, Arizona
(Laigler, U.S.G.S. Prof. Pap. 43, 1905).
North of Bisbee, 120 miles, near the New Mexi.
can line on San Francisco river and not far pa
Pala river
Pinal schist at base. Quartzite schists.
Granite cuts the Pinal. Almost always undulati
the Paleogric. A normal granite.
Coronado quartzite, 200' There is a basal
engl. 0-50' but often absent, rest quartzite. Strong red
pind in maroon. Still from 2 miles north of Morenci.
North of Morenci Canyon, on left, Ordovician on
right, faulted down. West in Chase Creek, uplifted
near Longfellow incline, has capped by Ord.
2 miles S.W. of Morenci the following section:
White quartzite 50'
Banded, pind & maroon quartzite m. Blopp. 162
Quartzitic engl. 10
Sandstone 3
Quartzitic engl. Petks up to 7 inch 8
Crazed sandstone at base 10
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243
Criths p.m. older rocks, thrusts outy Pinal. No granite pieces.
Engl. "a fluviatile deposit gradually merging into marine
conditions." A transgresion on an irregular surface.
Just south of Longfellow incline in Chase Creek, in