Usage:
Davis Canyon Tuff (NM*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in S/2 sec. 11, T. 13 S., R. 17 W., Shelley Peak quadrangle, Catron Co., NM. Named from Davis Canyon, south flank of Shelley Peak, Shelley Peak quadrangle (Ratte, 1981).
Reference sections: in S/2 sec. 31 and N/2 sec. 15, T. 8 S., R. 20 W., Saliz Pass quadrangle (Ratte, 1981).
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.
"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 ([ ]).