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SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-301

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY U.S. FOREST SERVICE (San Bernardino National Forest), and
CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS CENOZOIC AND MESOZOIC ROCKS WEST OF SAN ANDREAS ......... Contact—Separates geologic-map units. Solid where meets map-accuracy standard; dashed
FAULT where may not meet map-accuracy standard; dotted where concealed

QTstu San Timoteo beds of Frick (1921), upper member (Pleistocene and Contact—Separates terraced alluvial units where younger alluvial unit is incised into older
Qvyw Qvyf Qvya Qvyc Qvyls Pliocene)—Nonmarine sandstone and conglomerate. Forms upper part of thick alluvial unit; hachures at base of slope, point toward topographically lower
sedimentary sequence Frick (1921, p. 314) referred to as Tertiary Deposits of the surface. Solid where meets map-accuracy standard; dashed where may not meet
Qvyw2 San Timoteo Badlands—specifically his "San Timoteo beds" or "Upper San map-accuracy standard
Timoteo Deposition" (Frick, 1921, p. 283, 317)
Qvyw1
Landslide crown scarp—Demarcates pull-away zone at head of landslide mass; may not

(San Bernardino Strand)

Tgr Granodiorite (Tertiary)—Granodioritic quartz porphyry occurring as sills and small meet map-accuracy standard. May form geologic contact between landslide
Qyf5 Qya5

San Andreas Fault

Holocene bodies intrusive into Pelona Schist mass and bedrock, or may separate discrete landslide masses. Hachures point
Qyf4 Qya4 downslope
Ta Andesite to dacite (Tertiary) 20
Qyf Qyf3 Qya Qya3 Qyls ? Fault—Solid where meets map-accuracy standard; dashed where may not meet map-
accuracy standard. Dotted where concealed by mapped covering unit; queried
Qyf2 }psm Pelona Schist, muscovite schist unit (Mesozoic protolith) where existence uncertain. Hachures indicate scarp, with hachures on down-
dropped block. Paired arrows indicate relative movement; single arrow
Qyf1 Qya1
indicates direction and amount of fault-plane dip. Bar and ball on down-thrown
}mg Mylonitic and cataclastic granitoid rock (Mesozoic) block
QUATERNARY
Qof3 Qoa3 ? Thrust fault—Solid where meets map-accuracy standard; dashed where may not meet map-
A T }fg Foliated granitoid rock (Mesozoic) accuracy standard. Dotted where concealed by mapped covering unit; queried
Unconformity Qof Qof2 Qoa Qoa2 Qols where existence uncertain. Sawteeth on upper plate; hachures at base of slope
on downthrown block of fault scarp
Qof1 Qoa1 CENOZOIC }d Diorite (Mesozoic)
Fault-name abbreviations
Pleistocene
Qvof3 Qvoa3 CENOZOIC AND MESOZOIC ROCKS BETWEEN MISSION CREEK Crafton Hills Fault Zone—CHFZ
Qvos Qvof Qvoa AND WILSON CREEK STRANDS OF SAN ANDREAS FAULT
San Andreas Fault—MCS, Mill Creek Strand; MiCS, Mission Creek Strand; SBS, San
Bernardino Strand; WCS, Wilson Creek Strand
Mill Creek Formation of Gibson (1971) (Miocene)—Nonmarine claystone,
QTstu
mudstone, sandstone, and conglomerate. Includes five informal subunits based San Timoteo Canyon Fault Zone—STCFZ
Unconformity Unconformity on overall lithologic character, including from youngest to oldest:
Ground fissure (as mapped by Burnham, 1952)
Tmm Mill Creek Formation of Gibson (1971), mudrock unit
Pliocene (Miocene)—Stratigraphic interval where mudrock predominates over Strike and dip of sedimentary layeringStrike and dip of sedimentary layering
sandstone
50
Inclined
Unconformity Tmm

San Andreas Fault (Mill Creek Strand)

Tmcv Mill Creek Formation of Gibson (1971), volcanic-clast-bearing unit Vertical
Tmcv TERTIARY (Miocene)—Sandstone and conglomeratic sandstone
50
Tms Overturned
Tw Miocene
50
Tmm Tma
Tma Tms Mill Creek Formation of Gibson (1971), sandstone unit Binocular determination

San Andreas Fault (Mission Creek Strand)

(Miocene)—Stratigraphic interval where sandstone predominates over
Tms 50
mudrock Compiled
Tgr Ta
Tmcp

San Andreas Fault (Wilson Creek Strand)

Strike and dip of foliation of mineral grains, inclusions, or schlieren in igneous rocks
Unconformity Tma Mill Creek Formation of Gibson (1971), arkose unit (Miocene)—Stratigraphic
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interval dominated by feldspar-rich arkosic sandstone Inclined
}psm }psg Unconformity Kao
Vertical
CRETACEOUS Tmcp Mill Creek Formation of Gibson (1971), Pelona Schist-bearing conglomerate
Kcc unit (Miocene) Mineral foliation and (or) gneissose layering in metamorphic rocks

Banning Fault
}g }gr 20
Inclined
}d gg Gneissose granitoid rock and gneiss (Mesozoic and older)—Compositionally and
}i }c texturally heterogeneous igneous and plutonic complex Vertical
}ga MESOZOIC
Strike and dip of foliation and gneissose compositional layering (origin not determined)
}g Granitoid rock (Mesozoic) in metamorphic and igneous complex (unit gg)
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Inclined
}gr Mesocratic granitoid rock (Mesozoic)
}mg }fg
Vertical

gg }i Inclusion-rich granitoid rock (Mesozoic) Mineral foliation and (or) gneissose layering in cataclastic and (or) mylonitic rocks
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^m TRIASSIC Inclined
}c Diorite of Cram Peak (Mesozoic)
PALEOZOIC Vertical
A T A T A T A T }psg Pelona Schist, greenstone unit (Mesozoic protolith)
PROTEROZOIC Azimuth and plunge of lineations
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Streaking of crushed mineral grains
CENOZOIC AND MESOZOIC ROCKS BETWEEN MILL CREEK AND
WILSON CREEK STRANDS, SAN ANDREAS FAULT 20
Alignment of elongate crystals
This Correlation of Map Units has two features that clarify relations among geologic-map units in the Yucaipa 7.5' quadrangle: (1) To clarify stratigraphic relations among Quaternary surficial units,
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parent categories for alluvial subunits are shown even though the parent category may not occur in the quadrangle (e.g., the Qoa parent for subunits Qoa2 and Qoa3). The accompanying summary Rodding and ridging
pamphlet provides a discussion of the classification and correlation of surficial deposits in the Yucaipa quadrangle. (2) To clarify relations among major crystalline and sedimentary map units and Tw Formation of Warm Springs Canyon (Miocene?)—Nonmarine sandstone and
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strands of the San Andreas Fault system that bound them, the correlation chart uses thick vertical lines to show the position of the fault strands (e.g., the Mission Creek Strand of the San Andreas conglomerate mapped by Morton and Miller (1975, figs. 1c-1g) along southwest Minor-fold axis
separates map units gg and }mg). For each fault, short horizontal bars indicate the capping age at which major right-lateral strike-slip displacement ended; for the modern traces of the San Andreas margin of San Bernardino Mountains
Fault (San Bernardino Strand), the short bar marks the inception of faulting (from Matti and Morton, 1993). See index map for regional distribution of faults; the accompanying pamphlet on the
geologic setting of the Yucaipa quadrangle discusses the faults, their history, and their role in juxtaposing major basement terranes. A, fault movement away from the observer; T, fault movement }ga Orthogneiss of Alger Creek (Mesozoic?)
toward the observer

ROCKS EAST OF SAN ANDREAS FAULT Relative Density

Induration State Field Criterion
(Dr)1
DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS

Unconsoldiated
Kao Granodiorite of Angeles Oaks (Cretaceous) Very slightly consolidated Easily indented with fingers 0.00—0.20

Sediment
VERY YOUNG SURFICIAL DEPOSITS—Sediment recently transported and OLD SURFICIAL DEPOSITS—Sedimentary units that are moderately consolidated Somewhat less easily indented
Kcc Monzogranite of City Creek (Cretaceous) Slightly consolidated 0.20—0.40
deposited in channels and washes, on surfaces of alluvial fans and alluvial valleys, and slightly to moderately dissected. Alluvial-fan deposits (Qof series) typically are with fingers; easily shoveled
and on hillslopes. Soil-profile development is non-existant to minimal. Includes: gravelly, but include sand and silt; axial-valley deposits (Qoa series) are dominated by
sand with minor gravel. Upper surfaces commonly capped by moderately to well- ^m Moderately consolidated Shoveled with difficulty 0.40—0.70
Porphyritic monzogranite (Triassic)
Qvyw Very young wash deposits, active (latest Holocene)—Unconsolidated sand and developed pedogenic soils (A/AB/B/C profiles with Bt horizons as much as 1 to 2 m
gravel deposits in active washes thick and maximum hues typically in the range of 10YR 5/4 and 6/4 [yellowish brown Requires pick to loosen for
Well consolidated 0.70—0.90

Consolidated
REFERENCES CITED shoveling
and light yellowish brown] through 7.5YR 6/4 to 4/4 [light brown to dark brown] but

Rock
Qvyw2 Very young wash deposits, Unit 2 (latest Holocene)—Unconsolidated sandy reaching 5YR 5/6 [yellowish red]). Includes: Requires blasting or
Bowles, J.E., 1984, Physical and geotechnical properties of soils: New York, Lithified 0.90—1.00
cobble-boulder gravel that probably is entrained by active stream flows only heavy equipment to
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2nd Edition, 578 p.
intermittently Qof Old alluvial-fan deposits (late to middle Pleistocene)—Moderately to well Rings to the blow of a
consolidated silt, sand, and gravel. Units distinguished from each other on the Indurated 1.00
Burnham, W.L., 1952, A preliminary report on the Yucaipa Valley crevice: hammer
Qvyw1 Very young wash deposits, Unit 1 (latest Holocene)—Unconsolidated cobble- basis of soil-profile development and relative position in local terrace-riser
unpublished manuscript, 44 p.
boulder gravel that probably is abandoned by active stream flows succession. Includes: Criteria for distinguishing and classifying various categories of unconsolidated
Frick, C., 1921, Extinct vertebrate faunas of the Badlands of Bautista Creek and San sediment and consolidated rock (modified from Bowles, 1984, Table 5-2)
Qvyf Very young alluvial-fan deposits (latest Holocene)—Unconsolidated to slightly Qof3 Old alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 3 (late to middle Pleistocene)
Timoteo Canon, southern California: University of California Publications in 1As translated by Bowles (1984, p. 151-152), relative density is an engineering
consolidated sand and sandy gravel deposits that form active parts of alluvial
Geology, v. 12, no. 5, p. 277-424.
fans parameter that relates void space determined in the laboratory to a ratio involving
Qof2 Old alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 2 (late to middle Pleistocene) index values of minimum and maximum void space for specified materials under
Gibson, R.C., 1971, Nonmarine turbidites and the San Andreas fault, San Bernardino
Qvya Very young axial-valley deposits (latest Holocene)—Unconsolidated sandy to specified conditions. Void space in turn is related to in situ dry unit weight. Also
Mountains, California, in Elders, W.A., ed., Geological excursions in southern
cobbly alluvium of through-going stream valleys see the Glossary of Geology definition of relative density in Section 3.1.
California: Riverside, University of California Campus Museum Contributions,
Qof1 Old alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 1 (late to middle Pleistocene)
no. 1, p. 167-181.
Qvyc Very young colluvial deposits (latest Holocene)—Unconsolidated and incoherent
soil material and (or) rock fragments deposited on slopes and at base of slopes
International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of
Old axial-valley deposits (late to middle Pleistocene)—Moderately to well
Qvyls
Igneous Rocks, 1973, Plutonic rocks: Geotimes, v. 18, no. 10, p. 26-30.
Very young landslide deposits (latest Holocene)—Slope-movement deposits of consolidated silt, sand, and gravel. Units distinguished from each other on the
soil and rubble and (or) displaced bedrock blocks basis of soil-profile development and relative position in local terrace-riser
Matti, J.C., and Morton, D.M., 1993, Paleogeographic evolution of the San Andreas
succession. Includes: Q Q
fault in southern California: a reconstruction based on a new cross-fault 60 60
YOUNG SURFICIAL DEPOSITS—Sedimentary units that are slightly to
Qoa3 correlation, in Powell, R.E., Weldon, R.J., and Matti, J.C., eds., The San Andreas
moderately consolidated and slightly to moderately dissected. Alluvial-fan deposits Old axial-valley deposits, Unit 3 (late to middle Pleistocene)
fault system: displacement, palinspastic reconstruction, and geologic evolution:
(Qyf series) typically have high coarse:fine ratios; axial-valley deposits (Qya series)

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Geological Society of America Memoir 178, p. 107-159.

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typically have low coarse:fine ratios. Upper surfaces commonly capped by slight to

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Qyf Young alluvial-fan deposits (Holocene and latest Pleistocene)—Slightly to Qoa1 Old axial-valley deposits, Unit 1 (late to middle Pleistocene)
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moderately consolidated sand and gravel. Units distinguished from each other
Matti, J.C., Morton, D.M. and Cox, B.F., 1992b, The San Andreas fault system in the

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on the basis of soil-profile development and relative position in local terrace- Quartz Quartz Quartz

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vicinity of the central Transverse Ranges province, southern California: U.S.

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riser succession. Includes: Qols Old landslide deposits (late to middle Pleistocene)—Moderately dissected slope- Syenite Monzonite Monzodiorite

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movement deposits. Probably inactive under current climatic and tectonic Syenite Monzonite Monzodiorite Diorite
Qyf5 Young alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 5 (latest Holocene) conditions
Morton, D.M., and Miller, F.K., 1975, Geology of the San Andreas fault zone north of A 90 65 35 10
P
San Bernardino between Cajon Canyon and Santa Ana Wash, in Crowell, J.C., ed., Classification of plutonic rock types (from IUGS, 1973, and Streckeisen, 1976).
VERY OLD SURFICIAL DEPOSITS—Sedimentary units that are moderately to
San Andreas fault in southern California: California Division of Mines and A, alkali feldspar; P, plagioclase feldspar; Q, quartz.
Qyf4 Young alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 4 (late Holocene) well consolidated to indurated, and moderately to well dissected. Alluvial-fan
Geology Special Report 118, p. 136-146.
deposits (Qvof series) typically are gravelly, but include sand and silt; axial-valley
deposits (Qvoa series) are dominated by sand with minor gravel. Upper surfaces are
Streckeisen A., 1976, To each plutonic rock its proper name: Earth Science Reviews,
Qyf3 Young alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 3 (middle Holocene) capped by moderate to well developed pedogenic soils (A/AB/B/Cox profiles with Bt
v. 12, p. 1-33.
horizons as much as 2 to 3 m thick and maximum hues in the range of 7.5YR 6/4 to
4/4 [light brown to dark brown] and 2.5YR 5/6 [red]). Includes:
Qyf2 Young alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 2 (early Holocene)
Qvos Very old surficial deposits, undifferentiated (middle to early Pleistocene)—Well Map showing location of Yucaipa 7.5' quadrangle relative to faults and basement-rock terranes in the region. Faults in red are modern strands of the San Andreas
118 00'
dissected, slightly to moderately consolidated alluvium Fault and the San Jacinto Fault; progressively older strands of the San Andreas Fault include the Mill Creek strand (orange), Mission Creek strand (yellow),
Qyf1 Young alluvial-fan deposits, Unit 1 (early Holocene and latest Pleistocene) and Wilson Creek strand (blue). Magenta indicates the late Miocene Banning fault. Paired black arrows indicate movement direction on
Very old alluvial-fan deposits (middle to early Pleistocene)—Moderately to well San Andreas Fault 117 30' strike-slip faults; bar-and-ball symbol indicates down-thrown block of normal fault. Modified from Matti and others (1992a)
Mojave Desert
consolidated silt, sand, and gravel. Units distinguished from each other on the segment Ca
jon and Matti and Morton (1993). BPF, Beaumont Plain fault zone; CHH, Crafton Hills horst-and-graben complex;
Qya Young axial-valley deposits (Holocene and latest Pleistocene)—Slightly to basis of soil-profile development and relative position in local terrace-riser Va
lle
117 15' GHF, Glen Helen Fault; ICF, Icehouse Canyon Fault; MVF, Morongo Valley Fault; SCF, San
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moderately consolidated silt, sand, and gravel. Units distinguished from each succession. Includes: nch au Antonio Canyon Fault; SGPF, San Gorgonio Pass Fault zone; VT,
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MN Vincent Thrust
Squaw Peak Fault 116 45'
Base from U.S. Geological Survey Geologic features that are located with an accuracy Qya5 Young axial-valley deposits, Unit 5 (latest Holocene) Very old axial-valley deposits (middle to early Pleistocene)—Moderately to well
Yucaipa, 1967, photorevised 1980 and precision of + or - 15 m meet the geologic-map
15o SCALE 1:24,000 consolidated silt, sand, and gravel. Units distinguished from each other on the 116 30'
accuracy standard
1 basis of soil-profile development and relative position in local terrace-riser
Polyconic projection 1 0 1 MILE 34 15' San Andreas Fault
2 Geology mapped by J.C. Matti, 1979-1986, 1991; D.M.
Morton, 1977; B.F. Cox, 1978-1980; S.E. Carson,
Qya4 Young axial-valley deposits, Unit 4 (late Holocene) succession. Map units include:
ICF
ICF San Bernardino strand San 116 15'
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CALIF 1979, 1980; T.J. Yetter, 1979 Qvoa3 Very old axial-valley deposits, Unit 3 (middle to early Pleistocene)
San Gabriel
Fault
Mts San Andreas Fault ardino Mountains
Gabriel
S an GHF Wilson Creek strand
Geology of urbanized areas mapped from 1938 and Qya3 Young axial-valley deposits, Unit 3 (middle Holocene) San Andreas Fault
AREA OF MAP 1952-vintage aerial photographs; in many places, onga fault zone San Mill Creek strand San Andreas Fault Yucca Valley
human modifications obscure depicted geology 118 00' Cucam San Andreas Fault Bernardino Wilson Creek strand
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