Usage:
Cima Sandstone Lentil of Moreno Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Paleocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Escarpado Canyon, [6 mi south of Moreno Gulch and 2 mi north of Panoche Creek, Panoche Hills], in sec. 8, T. 15 S., R. 12 E., Chounet Ranch 7.5-min quadrangle, Fresno Co., southern CA (Payne, 1951; Bartow, 1996).
Cima is Spanish word for peak given to hill 1,800 ft south and 50 ft west of northeast corner sec. 7 (Payne, 1951).
AAPG geologic province:
San Joaquin basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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