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Geologic Unit: Sunday Canyon

Usage:

Sunday Canyon Formation (CA*)


Geologic age:

Devonian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: along Bonanza Gulch, first east-trending tributary to Mazourka Canyon; base of section is 9000 ft N. 58 deg. E. from NE/4 sec. 25, T. 12 S., R. 35 E., Independence 15-min quadrangle, Inyo Co., CA (Ross, 1963).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin 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 ([ ]).