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Geologic Unit: Mogollon Rim

Usage:

/Mogollon Rim formation (informal) (AZ)

[Term "Formation" is applied to formal nomenclature (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Eocene


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

Type section: Trout Creek, northeast of town of Whiteriver, Apache Co., AZ (Potochnik, 1989).
Reference sections: at Round Top and Deep Creek which lie between Whiteriver and the type section (Potochnik, 1989).


AAPG geologic province:

Black Mesa basin
Plateau sedimentary province


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 ([ ]).