Usage:
/Buckskin Formation (AZ*,CA)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Buckskin Breccia by Anderson and Rowley (1975) in UT.]
Geologic age:
Triassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: trends south-southwest from center SW/4 SW/4 sec. 31, T. 11 N., R. 16 W. to center NE/4 sec. 1, T. 10 N., R. 17 W., Mohave Co., AZ (Reynolds and Spencer, 1989).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary 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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