Usage:
Bickmore Canyon Diatomite (CA)
Bickmore Canyon Arkose (CA)
Subunits:
O'Connor producing sand (Bitterwater field).
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (late Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not stated. Bickmore Canyon is in San Benito Co., CA, north of Pinnacles National Monument.
AAPG geologic province:
Salina basin
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