Comments on: The Knoxville Formation http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/the-knoxville-formation/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Sat, 18 May 2013 23:16:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/the-knoxville-formation/#comment-1200 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:43:52 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=629#comment-1200 It’s on my big list of day trips. Naturally, the depositional contact between the Knoxville and the underlying ophiolite (hence the serpentine, chromite etc.) is well exposed there. There’s a big BLM recreation area there as well as the defunct Homestake gold mine, now the McLaughlin Natural Reserve.

]]> By: Sheldon White http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/the-knoxville-formation/#comment-1199 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:51:16 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=629#comment-1199 There’s some really cool rocks up around Knoxville. I remember driving around up there long ago and finding some big chunks of chromite and some truly amazing banded agate by the side of the road (for those interested in such things). Big bodies of gnarly serpentine.

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/the-knoxville-formation/#comment-1179 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:53:51 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=629#comment-1179 Knoxville is a locality north of Lake Berryessa in northernmost Napa County.

]]> By: jarichmond http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/the-knoxville-formation/#comment-1178 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=629#comment-1178 Do you have any idea where the name Knoxville Formation originates? I grew up in the Knoxville area in Tennessee.

Also, though I’m not sure I’ve ever commented here, I love reading your posts; always very fascinating!

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