Usage:
Fort Buchanan Formation of Sonoita Group (AZ)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in Casa Blanca Canyon, Patagonia Mountains, southeastern AZ. Name adopted from the nearby ruins of an old fort (Stoyanow, 1949).
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.
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