Usage:
Naked Girl Canyon Member of Carefree Formation (AZ-recognized locally in northwestern and west-central part of Carefree basin)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, late
Pliocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Walls and floor of Naked Girl Canyon, within Willow Springs Wash, approx 0.4 mi northeast of Spur Cross Road, in sec. 16, T. 6 N., R. 4 E., Cave Creek quadrangle, northern Maricopa Co., central AZ. Named from Naked Girl Canyon (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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