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Rainbow Basin

Rainbow Basin is a geological formation in the Calico Peaks range, located approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Barstow in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California.

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Location
San Bernardino County, California
Area
1,961 acres (794 ha)
Designated
1966
Nearest city
Barstow

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Geology

Fossil beds

Access

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Rainbow Basin

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples80
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
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Rainbow Basin

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related to References · 33
Rainbow Basin → Areal Geology, Barstow, Barstow Formation, Barstow Resource Area, Berkeley, Bureau, California, California Desert District, California Division, California Press, California Publications, Department, Dibblee Jr, Everett, Fremont Peak, Geological Sciences Vol, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Geology, Interior, Land Management
related to Geology · 17
Rainbow Basin → Barstow Syncline, Bureau, Cenozoic Era, Cretaceous, Dibblee, Early, Further, Jackhammer Formation, Jurassic, Land Management, Made, Miocene Epoch, Mojave, Sediments, The, These, Underneath Rainbow Basin
related to Fossil beds · 11
Rainbow Basin → Barstovian Land Mammal, Barstow Formation, Bureau, California, In, Land Management, Lindsay, North American Paleontological Society, The, They, This
related to External links · 7
Rainbow Basin → Area, Barstow Fossil Beds, Basin National Park Service, Miocene, Motherlode, Official Rainbow Basin Natural, San Bernardino County Museum's
related to Access · 4
Rainbow Basin → Anyone, Fossils, Owl Canyon Campground, There
is a · 3
Rainbow Basin → geological formation in the Calico Peaks range, massive batholith that lies below much of the western Mojave, mixture of private and public land
Area · 1
Rainbow Basin → 1,961 acres (794 ha)
Coordinates · 1
Rainbow Basin → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Designated · 1
Rainbow Basin → 1966
Location · 1
Rainbow Basin → San Bernardino County, California

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california basin rainbow barstow land management bureau area dibblee formation 1968 desert fossil geology miocene san mojave 1967 geological natural

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Rainbow BasinArea1,961 acres (794 ha)1.00infobox
Rainbow BasinCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Rainbow BasinDesignated19661.00infobox
Rainbow BasinLocationSan Bernardino County, California1.00infobox
Rainbow BasinNearest cityBarstow1.00infobox
Rainbow Basinis ageological formation in the Calico Peaks range0.90text
Rainbow Basinis amixture of private and public land0.90text
Rainbow Basinis amassive batholith that lies below much of the western Mojave0.90text
Rainbow Basinrelated to AccessThere0.60section
Rainbow Basinrelated to AccessOwl Canyon Campground0.60section
Rainbow Basinrelated to AccessFossils0.60section
Rainbow Basinrelated to AccessAnyone0.60section

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