Usage:
Andrews Mountain Member of Campito Formation (CA*,NV*)
Geologic age:
Early Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on Andrews Mountain, Waucoba Mountain 15-min quadrangle, [northern Inyo Co.], central eastern CA (Nelson, 1962).
Principal reference locality (C.A. Nelson, USGS, oral commun., 1986): exposures on Andrews Mountain, Waucoba Mountain 15-min quadrangle, northern Inyo Co., central eastern CA [approx. Lat. 37 deg. 04 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 118 deg. 05 min. 00 sec. W.].
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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