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Geologic Unit: Mundy

Usage:

Mundy Breccia (TX*)


Geologic age:

Proterozoic*


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

1.5 mi southeast of North Franklin Mountain and 0.5 mi northwest of mouth of Fusselman Canyon, El Paso Co., TX. Named from Mundy Spring on eastern slope of Franklin Mountain (Harbour, 1960).


AAPG geologic province:

Southwestern Basin-and-Range region*


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 ([ ]).