Usage:
Deception Rhyolite of Ash Creek Group (AZ*)
Subunits:
Cleopatra Member (AZ*).
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Well exposed in drainage basin of Mescal Gulch and Deception Gulch, which is the name for the deep rugged part of Hull Canyon south of Jerome, Yavapai Co., central AZ. Also exposed south of Mingus Mountain between Ash Creek and Black Canyon.
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range 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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