Usage:
Government Canyon Granodiorite (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from exposures along Government Canyon, in secs. 2 and 11, T. 13 N., R. 2 W., Prescott quadrangle, Yavapai Co., AZ (Kreiger, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Southwestern Basin-and-Range region*
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 ([ ]).