Usage:
Baker Canyon Conglomerate Member of Ladd Formation (CA*-local)
Baker Canyon Member of Ladd Formation (CA-local)
Notable exposures in Santa Ana Mountains.
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Baker Canyon [Lat. 33 deg. 45 min. 42 sec. N., Long. 117 deg. 40 min. 31 sec. W., Black Star Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, Orange Co., CA], north of Silverado Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains. Named from Baker Canyon (Popenoe, 1942).
AAPG geologic province:
Peninsular Ranges 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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