Usage:
/Point Reyes Conglomerate (CA)
/Point Reyes Formation (CA)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Point Reyes Granodiorite of Curtis and others (1958) in same area.]
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrops at lighthouse on west end of Point Reyes Peninsular, Marin Co., CA (Galloway, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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