Usage:
Aravaipa Member of Galiuro Volcanics (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary (late Oligocene to Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Aravaipa Canyon, in NE/4 sec. 17, T. 6 S., R. 18 E., Brandenburg Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle, Pinal Co., AZ (Krieger, 1968).
Reference sections: on north side of Holy Joe Peak quadrangle (adjoins south border of Brandenburg Mountain quadrangle) in (1) sec. 8, T. 7 S., R. 18 E., on north side Table Mountain, (2) sec. 5, T. 7 S., R. 18 E., along an unnamed gulch, and (3) sec. 32, T. 6 S., R. 18 E., along Bear Springs Canyon (Krieger, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range 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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