Usage:
Santa Teresa Granite (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Forms peaks of Santa Teresa Mountains. Typical Santa Teresa exposed on prominent peak, Rocky Top, in sec. 1, T. 6 S., R. 20 E., Santa Teresa Mountains, Klondyke quadrangle, Graham Co., AZ. Named from Santa Teresa Mountains (Simons, 1964).
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.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).