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Pacific NW Geologic Mapping Project

Geologic maps of the North Cascades


Kps-1. Pebble conglomerate of the Virginian Ridge Formation of Barksdale (1975) in Pasayten Group of Kiessling and Mahoney (1997) (Kps) exposed north of Cady Pass [RMsw]. Weathering has reduced the matrix since the late Pleistocene Cordilleran Ice Sheet cut and polished harder chert pebbles.
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