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  • Usage in publication:
    • Beckers Butte Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Teichert, Curt, 1965, Devonian rocks and paleogeography of central Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 464, 181 p.


Summary:

Named for Beckers Butte, AZ as basal member of Martin Formation. Type section near mouth of Flying V Canyon in SW1/4 SW1/4 sec 29, T5N, R18E (projected), Gila Co., AZ in Basin-and-Range province. Extends northwestward to Yavapai Co., AZ. Consists predominantly of sandstone. 15 ft thick in type section. Rests unconformably on Precambrian diabase. Overlain by Jerome Member. Is of Early or Middle Devonian age. Deposited in fluvial environment.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Beckers Butte Sandstone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
    • Redescribed
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Poole, F.G., Baars, D.L., Drewes, Harald, Hayes, P.T., Ketner, K.B., McKee, E.D., Teichert, Curt, and Williams, j.S., 1967, Devonian of the southwestern United States, IN Oswald, D.H., ed., International symposium on the Devonian System [proceedings]: Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Alberta, 1967, v. 1, p. 879-912.


Summary:

Age tentatively given as Eifelian (early Middle Devonian). Called Sandstone Member.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Beckers Butte Sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Teichert, Curt, 1968, Stratigraphic nomenclature in Devonian of central Arizona: The Mountain Geologist, v. 5, no. 4, p. 179-180.


Summary:

Elevated to formation of Martin Group. Is probably Early Devonian and certainly no younger than Middle Devonian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Beckers Butte Member
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Canright, J.E., 1974, The Devonian flora of Arizona, IN Ash, S.R., ed., Guidebook to Devonian, Permian, and Triassic plant localities in east-central Arizona: Botanical Society of America, Paleobotanical Section, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 25th annual meeting, p. 63-69.


Summary:

Of Martin Group, is dated as either Givetian (Middle Devonian) or early Frasnian (lowermost Upper Devonian) on basis of flora contained in type section.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Beckers Butte Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Elston, D.P., and Bressler, S.L., 1976, Correlations of basal Cambrian and Devonian sedimentary rocks, central and northern Arizona, IN Geological Survey Research 1976: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1000, p. 158., See also Arizona Bur. Geol. Min. Tech. Spec. Paper, no. 2, p. 138-142, 1978


Summary:

Of Martin Formation, accepted as upper Middle or lower Upper Devonian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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