Usage:
Alferitz Formation (CA)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in Devils Den oil field district in northwestern Kern Co. adjacent to Kings Co. line, about 40 mi from Paso Robles and about 60 mi northwest of Bakersfield, central CA (Couvering and Allen, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
San Joaquin basin
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