Hector Formation (CA)
late Tertiary (early Miocene)
Type area: 4 mi north of Hector siding of the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe RR, in sec. 13, 22, and 26, T. 9 N., R. 5 E., Cady Mountains, San Bernardino Co., southern CA (Woodburne and others, 1974).
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 ([ ]).