Usage:
Buford Canyon Formation (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Mesozoic and Cenozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in Buford Canyon in [secs. 12, 14], T. 7 S., R. 20 E., Klondyke 15-min quadrangle, [Graham Co.], southeastern AZ. Crops out in three places in northeast part of T. 7 S., R. 20 E. Occupies an area of about a sq mi, or about 4 percent of the quadrangle (Simons, 1964).
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 ([ ]).