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Geologic Unit: Butte Falls

Usage:

Butte Falls Tuff (AZ*)


Geologic age:

Paleoproterozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposed for more than 1 mi along Boulder Creek in vicinity of Butte Falls. Named from Butte Falls, Bagdad area, Yavapai Co., AZ (Anderson and others, 1955).


AAPG geologic province:

Southwestern Basin-and-Range region*


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 ([ ]).