Usage:
No current usage.
(Rocks of †Rose Canyon Shale Member of La Jolla Formation (CA), or †Rose Canyon Formation of La Jolla Group (CA), reallocated to Mount Soledad Formation, Ardath Shale, Scripps Formation, and Friars Formation of La Jolla Group. See Mount Soledad, Ardath, Scripps, Friars, and La Jolla.)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures at big bend in Rose Canyon, La Jolla quadrangle, San Diego Co., CA (Hanna, 1926).
AAPG geologic province:
Peninsular Ranges province
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