Usage:
Big Dome Formation (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary, late*
Miocene, early* or Miocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Big Dome, on west side of Mineral Creek, in W/2 sec. 25, T. 3 S., R. 13 E., Sonora quadrangle, Pinal Co., southeastern AZ (Krieger and others, 1974).
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 ([ ]).