Usage:
Aguila Sandstone (CA-recognized locally in Orchard Peak area)
(†Aguila Sandstone (CA) not used by the USGS. Rocks reallocated to Panoche Formation. See also Panoche.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: measured section H-H', map coords. 1080.7/1429.6 to 1081.1/1430.6 (see pl. 1 geol. map), Stoker Canyon syncline, Orchard Peak area, Diablo Range, Tent Hills quadrangle, Kern Co., southern CA (Marsh, 1960).
Named from Aguila Canyon, a canyon on north limb of Stoker Canyon syncline, map coords. 1081.3/1429.8 (see pl. 1 geol. map and App. p. 41), [author's local name for canyon southwest of Three Peaks and northeast of Stoker Canyon, in sec. 31, T. 24 S., R. 17 E., approx. Lat. 35 deg. 47 min. 56 sec. N., Long. 120 deg. 10 min. 42 sec. W., Tent Hills 7.5-min quadrangle, Kings Co., southern CA]. "Aguila" is Spanish word for "eagle" (Marsh, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
San Joaquin basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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