Usage:
Wrong Mountain Quartz Monzonite of Santa Catalina Group (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous(?) or Paleocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: in sec. 9, T. 16 S., R. 18 E., Rincon Valley 7.5-min quadrangle, Pima Co., AZ. Most accessible along powerline service road on Wrong Mountain on south ridge of Rincon Mountains. Named from Wrong Mountain, Pima Co., AZ (Drewes, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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