Usage:
Davis Canyon Formation (CA)
Originally called Davis Creek Formation.
Subunits:
(ascending) --all in CA: [†?]Baldy Mountain Member, Buck Island Member.
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Occurs in Morgan-Wilbur area in Lake, Yolo, and Colusa Cos., northern CA (Lawton, 1956; Page, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Sacramento 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 ([ ]).