Usage:
Stanton Ranch Member of /Santa Cruz Island Volcanics (CA*)
[Santa Cruz Island preempted.]
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality]: steep slopes northwest of Stanton Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, off southern coast of CA (Nolf and Nolf, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Santa Maria basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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