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Geologic Unit: Dillon Mesa

Usage:

Dillon Mesa Tuff (CO*)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (early Oligocene; Rupelian)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: exposures on Dillon Mesa, in T. 49 N., R. 4 W., northern part of Sapinero and Cebolla quadrangles, Gunnison Co., southwestern CO (Olson and others, 1968).


AAPG geologic province:

Piceance basin*
San Juan Mountains 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 ([ ]).