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Geologic Unit: Canones

Usage:

No current usage?
(†Canones Andesite (NM) considered abandoned? Uncertain if used by the NM Geol. Survey. Not used by the USGS.)


Geologic age:

Quaternary


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

[Type locality not designated.] Occurs in Abiquiu quadrangle, Rio Arriba Co., north-central NM (Smith, 1938).


AAPG geologic province:

San Juan basin


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 ([ ]).