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Geologic Unit: Chino Valley

Usage:

Chino Valley Formation (AZ*)


Geologic age:

Devonian*


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

Type section: an abandoned quarry, in NE/4 NW/4 sec. 21, T. 16 N., R. 2 E., 2 km northwest of Jerome, Clarkdale quadrangle, Yavapai Co., AZ. Named from Chino Valley, 52 km northwest of Jerome (Hereford, 1975).


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.

"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 ([ ]).