Usage:
/Rincon Limestone (AZ-recognized locally in Whetstone Mountains)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Rincon Mountains, 25 mi southeast of Tucson, Pima Co., southeastern AZ. Named from Rincon Mountains (Stoyanow, 1936).
Type section: near Colossal Cave in Whetstone Mountains, southeastern AZ (Bryant, 1952).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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