Usage:
/Safford Dacite (AZ*)
[Name Safford applied concurrently to two different units in same area. Safford Tuff has priority.]
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Largely confined to core of Safford Peak, Tucson Mountains, Pima Co., southeastern AZ (Brown, 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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