Usage:
Amole Arkose (AZ*)
Amole Group (AZ-local)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures on western side of southern part of Tucson Mountains; extends north to 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, southeastern AZ], where it is cut off by granitoid intrusives (Brown, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range 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 ([ ]).