Usage:
Buzzard Rhyolite of Ash Creek Group (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in Buzzard Canyon, a tributary to Black Canyon, southeast of Mingus Mountain; [unnamed canyon in SW/4 SW/4 sec. 30, T. 15 N., R. 3 E., Cottonwood 7.5-min quadrangle, Yavapai Co., central AZ]. Excellent outcrops in Black Canyon, Jerome area, Yavapai Co., central AZ (Anderson and Creasey, 1958).
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.
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