Usage:
Cabrillo Formation of Rosario Group (CA*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in sea cliffs 250 m east of new Point Loma Lighthouse, where base is 30 m above mean sea level and top is at top of cliff, Lat. 32 deg. 39 min. 55 sec. N., Long. 117 deg. 14 min. 45 sec. W., Point Loma quadrangle, San Diego Co., CA (Kennedy, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Peninsular Ranges 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 ([ ]).