Usage:
Abrigo Formation (AZ*)
Abrigo Limestone (AZ*-recognized locally in Mule Mountains, the type area)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AZ*: Copper Queen Member, Peppersauce Member, Southern Belle Member, Three C Member.
Geologic age:
Middle and Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on opposite side of Escabrosa Ridge from Abrigo Canyon, on north slope of Mount Martin, in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 7, T. 23 S., R. 24 E., [Bisbee quadrangle], Cochise Co., AZ (Ransome, 1904; Hayes and Landis, 1965).
Named from exposures in Abrigo Canyon, in southern part of Mule Mountains, 3 mi southwest of Bisbee, Cochise Co., AZ (Ransome, 1904).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
Pedregosa basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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