Usage:
Buford Granite Porphyry of /St. Francois Mountains Intrusive Suite (MO-recognized locally in St. Francois Mountains area)
[Name St. Francois Mountains applied concurrently to two different units in same area (see ACSN, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on Buford Mountain, in sec. 27, T. 35 N., R. 3 E., Iron Co., MO (Tolman and Robertson, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Midcontinent region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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