Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Amole Latite or †Amole Quartz Latite (AZ) reallocated to unnamed rhyolite unit in Cat Mountain Tuff. See Cat Mountain.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Name applied to intrusive body on top of Amole Peak [center sec. 30, T. 13 S., R. 12 E., Lat. 32 deg. 16 min. 20 sec. N., Long. 111 deg. 09 min. 18 sec. W., Avra 7.5-min quadrangle, Pima Co., Saguaro National Park], Tucson Mountains, southeastern AZ (Brown, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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