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  • Usage in publication:
    • Snyder Hill formation
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Pedregosa basin
Publication:

Sabins, F.F., Jr., 1957, Stratigraphic relations in Chiricahua and Dos Cabezas Mountains, Arizona: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 41, no. 3, p. 466-510. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 498. Snyder Hill formation. Strata assigned to Snyder Hill by Feth (1948) appear to include beds equivalent to Colina, Scherrer, and Concha formations. Suggests term Snyder Hill be suppressed.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3649-3650).


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

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