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Geologic Unit: Jeddito

Usage:

Jeddito Alluvium (AZ*,NM*)
Jeddito Formation (AZ)


Geologic age:

Quaternary*
Pleistocene, late* to Holocene, early*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not designated. Best exposures in Jeddito [spelled Jadito on U.S. Geological Survey 1:500,000 of AZ, 1957] Valley, between Jeddito Trading Post and Awatovi, northwestern AZ (Hack, 1941).


AAPG geologic province:

San Juan basin*
Plateau sedimentary province
Black Mesa basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).