Usage:
No current usage.
(†Hindu Canyon Formation (AZ) replaced with Music Mountain Formation and Hindu Fanglomerate. See Music Mountain and Hindu.)
Geologic age:
Cenozoic
Tertiary
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Hindu Canyon, in secs. 20 through 25, T. 27 N., R. 12 W., Gila River and the Salt River Principal Meridian, Mohave Co., AZ (Gray, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province
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 ([ ]).