Usage:
Batamote Andesite (AZ*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Batamote Mountains, [Lat. 32 deg. 28 min. N., Long. 112 deg. 45 min. W.], Ajo quadrangle, Pima Co., central southern AZ (Gilluly, 1937).
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 ([ ]).