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Geologic Unit: Alcyone

Usage:

Alcyone Formation (AZ*)
Alcyone Trachyte (AZ)


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Miocene*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from Alcyone Mine, in sec. 33, T. 18 N., R. 20 W., Oatman district, Mohave Co., northwestern AZ (Ransome, 1923).


AAPG geologic province:

Plateau sedimentary province*


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).