Usage:
Beckers Butte Member of Martin Formation (AZ*)
Beckers Butte Sandstone Member of Martin Formation (AZ*-recognized locally in type area)
Geologic age:
late Middle or early Late Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in roadcut of U.S. Highway 60, near mouth of Flying V Canyon and across canyon from Beckers Butte, in SW/4 SW/4 sec. 29, T. 5 N., R. 18 E. (projected), Gila Co., AZ. Named from Beckers Butte (Teichert, 1965, measured section 3).
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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