Usage:
No current usage.
(†Catalina gneiss [informal] (AZ) is same as Santa Catalina Gneiss of Blake (1908). See Santa Catalina.)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Catalina Schist by Woodford (1924) in CA.]
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Makes up core of Santa Catalina Mountains and extends southeastward from Mount Lemmon into Tanque Verde and Rincon Mountains. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Santa Catalina Mountains (DuBois, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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