Usage:
Black Prince Limestone (AZ*,NM*?)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on west slope of Gunnison Peak 4.5 mi southeast of Black Prince Mine in Johnson mining district at east base of Little Dragoon Mountains, in NE/4 SW/4 sec. 4, T. 16 S., R. 23 E., central Cochise Co., southeastern AZ. Named from Black Prince Mine (Gilluly and others, 1954).
AAPG geologic province:
Pedregosa basin*
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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