Usage:
Barney Cavanah Ridge Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Ordovician(?) to Devonian(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on west slope of Barney Cavanah Ridge [in sec. 16, T. 15 N., R. 13 E., Duncan Peak 7.5-min quadrangle], Placer Co., northern CA (Harwood and others, 1995).
Reference locality: on west slope of knob containing the VABM Lawton, in sec. 14, T. 16 N., R. 12 E., [Cisco Grove 7.5-min quadrangle, Placer Co., Tahoe National Forest, northern CA] (Harwood and others, 1995).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province*
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