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Geologic Unit: Apache
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  • Usage in publication:
    • "Apache" formation
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
    • Clay
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Ventura basin
Publication:

Stock, Chester, 1947, A peculiar new carnivore from the Cuyama Miocene, California: California Academy of Sciences Bulletin, v. 46, pt. 2, p. 84-89., [1948?]


Summary:

(T.W. Dibblee, Jr., p. 84.) Tentatively named "Apache" formation. Buff-red sand, pebbly sand, and gypsiferous clays. Continental. Equivalent to Santa Margarita formation to west. [Age is late Miocene.]
Notable exposures in Apache Canyon, in sec. 2, T. 8 N., R. 28 W., Mt. Pinos quadrangle, Ventura Co., southern CA.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 114).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Apache formation†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Ventura basin
Publication:

Hill, M.L., Carlson, S.A., and Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1958, Stratigraphy of Cuyama Valley-Caliente Range Area, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 42, no. 12, p. 2973-3000. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 2999. †Apache formation abandoned. Preoccupied name Apache replaced with Quatal formation.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 114).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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