Usage:
Kerber Formation (CO*)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures along Kerber Creek, Bonanza district, [approx. Lat. 38 deg. 13 min. 12 sec. N., Long. 106 deg. 04 min. 00 sec. W., Graveyard Gulch 7.5-min quadrangle], Saguache Co., southern CO (Burbank, 1932).
AAPG geologic province:
Las Vegas-Raton basin*
San Luis 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 ([ ]).