Usage:
Daniels Conglomerate (AZ*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Poorly exposed in hills just north of Daniels Arroyo, from which it is named, Ajo quadrangle, Pima Co., southwestern AZ. Principal exposure is in southwestern part of Chico Shunie Hills, just north of Daniels Arroyo, where it forms a belt about 1.5 mi wide practically from west edge of T. 13 S., R. 6 W., to west boundary of the quadrangle northwest of Teepee Butte (Gilluly, 1937).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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