Usage:
Quail Canyon Sandstone Member of Vaqueros Formation (CA*-notable exposures in Caliente Range)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (early Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Quail Canyon, in NW/4 SW/4 sec. 4, T. 10 N., R. 25 W., Cuyama 7.5-min quadrangle, San Luis Obispo Co., CA (Dibblee, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province*
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