Usage:
Horny Toad terrace deposits (informal) (AZ)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Approx 0.30 mi west of Vermeersch Road and 150 ft north of Cave Creek Road on right edge of Galloway Wash, 200 ft northwest of the Horny Toad Restaurant, in sec. 27, T. 6 N., R. 4 E., Cave Creek quadrangle, northern Maricopa Co., AZ (Doorn and Pewe, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
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