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Painted Rock Unit

Detailed Description

This exposure is located along the road about one-half mile north of the Leaf Hill Trail parking area. The brightly colored outcrops consist of rhyolite tuff of the upper Clarno Formation and red beds (fossil soils) of the lower John Day Formation. 

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

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