Usage:
Continental Granodiorite of Santa Catalina Group (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: along Box Canyon, about 20 km east of town of Continental, Santa Rita Mountains, Sahuarita quadrangle, Pima Co., AZ (Drewes, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region*
Basin-and-Range 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 ([ ]).