Usage:
Flying W Formation (AZ)
Flying W Formation of Alder Group (AZ)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on lowest tributary to Walnut Creek; base of section approx. 4,450 feet elevation 1 mi north-northwest of Flying W ranch house. Good exposures also occur west of Spring Creek 0.75 mi northwest of ranch house. Named from Flying W Ranch on Spring Creek, 12 mi west of Young, AZ, Diamond Butte quadrangle (Gastil, 1958).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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