Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Quail Lake Formation (CA) reallocated to Santa Margarita Formation. See Santa Margarita.)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (late Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: from point 2.5 mi N. 60 deg. W. of center of Quail Lake, eastward down ridge for 1.5 mi, Los Angeles Co., CA (Dibblee, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Mojave basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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