Truckee River Basalt
AKA: Boca Reservoir, Martis Creek Basalt
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Truckee
River Basalt ranges from a dark gray to black
Texture: Course grain
Luster:
Translucency: Opaque
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Knapping:
Good knappability producing a glassy
ringing sound when struck and producing sharp edge tools.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Truckee River Basalt outcrops in Martis Creek near Squaw Valley,
occurs as large nodules and boulders along Truckee River, and
outcroppings and at Carnelian Bay at Lake Tahoe, Nevada County,
California
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