Usage:
Jacalitos Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
Pliocene
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Southeast part of Kreyenhagen Hills, Coalinga region, central CA. Named from exposures north and south of Jacalitos Creek, and in Jacalitos Hills, Fresno Co. (Arnold and Anderson, 1908).
AAPG geologic province:
San Joaquin basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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