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Geologic Unit: Ox Frame

Usage:

Ox Frame Volcanics (AZ*)


Geologic age:

Triassic*


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

Ox Frame Canyon, in NE/4 sec. 22 (base) and N/2 sec. 3 (top), T. 18 S., R. 11 E., Pima Co., AZ (Cooper, 1971).


AAPG geologic province:

Basin-and-Range 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 ([ ]).