Usage:
No current usage.
(†/Squaw Peak Formation (CA) not used since its introduction, considered invalid. Rocks now included in Cedar Pass complex (informal). See Cedar Pass.)
[Conflicts with several articles in nomenclature guidelines (ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Not adopted by the California Geological Survey or the USGS.]
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not stated. Named from exposures on east slope of Squaw Peak [now Milk Peak], Warren Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Modoc Co., northeastern CA (Hulbe, 1980).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Oregon basin
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 ([ ]).