Usage:
Santa Catalina Group (AZ*-recognized locally in Pima Co.)
Subunits:
GROUP STATUS (alphabetical) --all in AZ*: Continental Granodiorite, Pinal Schist, Wrong Mountain Quartz Monzonite.
Geologic age:
Precambrian to early Tertiary*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Well developed on south side of Santa Catalina Mountains, near Tucson, Pima Co., AZ. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Santa Catalina Mountains (Blake, 1908).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region*
Basin-and-Range province*
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 ([ ]).