Usage:
Witnet Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in lower Oil Canyon, about 1 mi above its junction with Cache Creek, in NW/4 sec. 13, T. 32 S., R. 34 E., Mojave and Techachapi quadrangles, Kern Co., CA (Buwalda and Lewis, 1955).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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