Usage:
Painted Rock Sandstone Member of Vaqueros Formation (CA*-notable exposures in Caliente Range)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene, early*
Miocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality (with measured section): in vicinity of Caliente Mountain, 7 mi northwest of New Cuyama, southeastern Caliente Mountain and southwestern Wells Ranch quadrangles, southeast San Luis Obispo Co., CA (Hill and others, 1958).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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