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Geologic Unit: Jerome

Usage:

Jerome Member of Martin Formation (AZ*)


Geologic age:

Devonian, Early*
Devonian, Late*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not stated. Origin of name not stated, but probably named from Jerome, AZ (Stoyanow, 1930, 1936).
In small canyon 1.1 mi northeast of Jerome, AZ, in sec. 4, T. 16 N., R. 2 E. (Teichert, 1965).


AAPG geologic province:

Basin-and-Range province*
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 ([ ]).