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  • Usage in publication:
    • Curry Mountain shale
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Sacramento basin
Publication:

Goudkoff, P.P., 1945, Stratigraphic relations of Upper Cretaceous in Great Valley, California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 29, no. 7, p. 956-1007. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 962 (fig. 2), 993. Curry Mountain shale (in Panoche formation or group). Name credited to J.Q. Anderson. Occurs in Alcalde Hills, Coalinga-Ortigalito area, San Joaquin Valley, west-central California. Panoche group (or formation) is subdivided into 10 units. Curry Mountain shale is lowermost in sequence (ascending). Underlies Long Canyon sandstone (new). Age is Late Cretaceous.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1012).


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