Usage:
Gordo Formation of Tuscaloosa Group (AL*,GA*,MS*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Turonian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
South-facing slope of Little Bear Valley, in sec. 20, T. 20 S., R. 13 W., 2 mi southeawst of Gordo, Pickens Co., AL (Monroe and others, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Warrior basin*
Appalachian 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 ([ ]).