Usage:
Pantano Formation (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: from sec. 2, T. 17 S., R. 17 E., to center W/2 sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 17 E., Pima Co., AZ (Brennan, 1962).
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 ([ ]).