Usage:
Little Elephant terrace deposits (informal) (AZ)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Tertiary
Pliocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Located 0.5 mi south of Little Elephant Mountain, and 1 mi west of Cave Creek, in sec. 8, T. 6 N., R. 4 E., Cave Creek quadrangle, northern Maricopa Co., AZ. Named from nearby Little Elephant Mountain. (Doorn and Pewe, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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