Usage:
Branch Canyon Sandstone (CA*)
Branch Canyon Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: measured in Branch Canyon, 3 mi south of New Cuyama, in sec. 2, T. 9 N., R. 27 W., New Cuyama quadrangle, Santa Barbara Co., southern CA (Hill and others, 1958).
AAPG geologic province:
Coastal basins*
Santa Maria basin*
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 ([ ]).