Usage:
Bloodgood Canyon Tuff (AZ*?,NM*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in secs. 5 and 6, T. 13 S., R. 14 W., Catron Co., NM. Named from Bloodgood Canyon, Little Turkey quadrangle, Catron Co., NM (Elston, 1968).
Reference sections in: (1) in S/2 sec. 31, T. 8 S., R. 20 W., Saliz Pass quadrangle, and in (2) in S/2 sec. 3, T. 7 S., R. 19 W., Reserve quadrangle, Catron Co., NM (Ratte, 1981).
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 ([ ]).