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The Murrieta Hogbacks are underlain by Cretaceous granitic rocks of the Peninsular Ranges Batholith.On the north half of the hogbacks, by foliated biotite-hornblende tonalite and on the southern half by hornblende gabbro.
The original Geological Survey of California was replaced in April 1880 by the new California State Mining Bureau. This was renamed the Division of Mines in 1927. In 1962 the division's name was expanded to be California Division of Mines and Geology , a name that lasted until August 2006, when the state legislature renamed the division the ...
A "quadrangle" is a topographic map produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) covering the United States. The maps are usually named after local physiographic features. The shorthand " quad " is also used, especially with the name of the map; for example, "the Ranger Creek, Texas quad".
1) It directs the state's California Geological Survey agency (then known as the California Division of Mines and Geology) to compile detailed maps of the surface traces of known active faults. These maps include both the best known location where faults cut the surface and a buffer zone around the known trace(s);
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Dibblee was one of the most prolific field geologists in American history, and over a 60-year career of field mapping, including 25 years with the US Geological Survey, left a legacy of 40,000 square miles (100,000 km 2) of geologic maps, covering approximately one fourth of the state of California.