Usage:
Adobe Flat Shale Member of Panoche Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not designated.] Notable exposures west of Wilcox Ridge, in sec. 23, T. 7 S., R. 6 E., and NE/4 sec. 3, T. 6 S., R. 6 E., [Mount Boardman 15-min quadrangle, Stanislaus Co., central CA]. Mapped around Adobe Flat in Stanislaus Co., central CA (Maddock, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
San Joaquin basin
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