Usage:
No current usage?
(†/Camelback Granite (AZ) considered invalid? Uncertain if used by the AZ Geol. Survey. Not used by the USGS.)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Camelback Formation by Holm (1938) in AZ.]
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, in sec. 17, T. 2 N., R. 4 E., Paradise Valley quadrangle, northern Maricopa Co., AZ. Named from Camelback Mountain (Doorn and Pewe, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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