Usage:
Rock Springs Beds (AZ)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Pliocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Sequence is east of Bradshaw Mountains near Rock Springs, south-central Yavapai Co., central AZ. Named from town of Rock Springs (St. Clair, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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