Usage:
Fairview Valley Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Permian*
Permian(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: [north] edge of Fairview Valley, west of Sidewinder Mine (gold mine) [approx. Lat. 34 deg. 38 min. N., Long. 117 deg. 07 min. W., Apple Valley 15-min quadrangle] San Bernardino Co., CA (Bowen, 1954).
AAPG geologic province:
Mojave 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 ([ ]).