Usage:
Jeddito Alluvium (AZ*,NM*)
Jeddito Formation (AZ)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene, late* to Holocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Best exposures in Jeddito [spelled Jadito on U.S. Geological Survey 1:500,000 of AZ, 1957] Valley, between Jeddito Trading Post and Awatovi, northwestern AZ (Hack, 1941).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin*
Plateau sedimentary province
Black Mesa 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 ([ ]).