Usage:
/Anderson Mine formation (informal) (AZ)
[Term "Formation" is applied to formal nomenclature (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (early to middle Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures around Anderson Mine, on south side of Santa Maria River, in sec. 2 and secs. 9 through 16, T. 11 N., R. 10 W., southwest Yavapai Co., AZ (Sherborne and others, 1979).
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.
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