Usage:
Houden Formation (AZ)
Houden Formation of Alder Group (AZ)
Geologic age:
Paleoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on southwestern corner of Colcord Mesa and begins on boundary of section 18, 0.25 mi west of elevation marker 5687, from which it extended N. 25 deg. W. for approx. 0.5 mi, or to elevation marker 5651. Other good sections on Board Cabin, Houden Mountain, and Spring Creek opposite Buzzard Roost Mesa. Named from Houden Mountain in south-central part of Diamond Butte quadrangle, east-central AZ (Gastil, 1958).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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