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Geologic Unit: Whiskey Hill

Usage:

Whiskey Hill Formation (CA*)


Geologic age:

Eocene, early* to Eocene, late*


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

Type area: in northwest part of T. 6 S., R. 3 W., Palo Alto 7.5-min quadrangle, east of San Andreas fault, San Mateo Co., CA (Pampeyan, 1993).


AAPG geologic province:

California Coast Ranges 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 ([ ]).