Usage:
Jesse James Canyon Tuff (AZ*-recognized locally in Cochise Co.)
Geologic age:
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: vicinity of Jesse James Canyon, Chiricahua National Monument and Coronado National Forest, near northern edge of Rustler Park quadrangle, Cochise Co., southeastern AZ. Named from Jesse James Canyon (Pallister and others, 1994).
AAPG geologic province:
Pedregosa basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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