Usage:
Metralla Sandstone Member of Tejon Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Eocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Reed Canyon, Tehachapi Mountains [Grapevine 7.5-min quadrangle, Kern Co., CA] (Marks, 1941).
Reference: Colorful Creek, 1 mi west of Tecuya Creek, in SE/4 sec. 27, T. 10 N., R. 20 W., Grapevine 7.5 quadrangle, Kern Co., CA (Nilsen, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Transverse Ranges province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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