Usage:
Silverton Volcanics (CO*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in CO*: Burns Member, Henson Member.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named after Silverton 15-min quadrangle, where units have their greatest development, [Ouray, San Juan, and Hinsdale Cos.], southwestern CO (US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin*
San Juan Mountains 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 ([ ]).