Usage:
Anderson Sand (CA-subsurface)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): Signal Upham No. 1 well, Sherman Island gas field, in sec. 26, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., Sacramento Co., west-central CA (Ditzler, 1972).
AAPG geologic province:
Sacramento basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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