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  • Usage in publication:
    • Southern Belle quartzite
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Quartzite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Stoyanow, A.A., 1936, Correlation of Arizona Paleozoic formations: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 47, no. 4, p. 459-540.


Summary:

Named [no type locality designated]. 26 ft of cliff-forming quartzite that lies between the Santa Catalina formation (new) and the Abrigo formation (restricted) in Peppersauce Canyon of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona in the Basin-and-Range province. Is of Middle Cambrian age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Southern Belle Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Creasey, S.C., 1967, General geology of the Mammoth quadrangle, Pinal County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1218, 94 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:48,000)


Summary:

Reduced in rank to member of Abrigo Formation in Mammoth quad, Pinal Co, AZ in the Basin-and-Range province. Overlies Three C Member of Abrigo Formation with somewhat arbitrary contact. Overlain by Peppersauce Member of Abrigo Formation. 70 ft thick in Nugget Canyon. [Accepted by GNC as Middle? and Late? Cambrian in age.]

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


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

Krieger, M.H., 1968, Stratigraphic relations of the Troy Quartzite (younger Precambrian) and the Cambrian formations in southeastern Arizona, IN Titley, S.R., ed., Southern Arizona guidebook III: Arizona Geological Society Guidebook, p. 22-32.


Summary:

Is a member of Abrigo Formation shown as of early Dresbachian (Late Cambrian) age in the Basin-and-Range province.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Southern Belle Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Hayes, P.T., 1972, Stratigraphic nomenclature of Cambrian and Lower Ordovician rocks of easternmost southern Arizona and adjacent westernmost New Mexico, IN Contributions to stratigraphy: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1372-B, p. B1-B21.


Summary:

Recognized only in Santa Catalina Mountains, AZ in the Basin-and-Range province, as a member of the Abrigo Formation. Equivalent to basal part of middle member of Abrigo Formation of other areas southeastern Arizona. Is Middle? and Late Cambrian in age.

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


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