Usage:
Tea Cup Granodiorite (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Paleocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along wash in SE/4 sec. 36, T. 4 S., R. 12 E., Grayback quadrangle, Pinal Co., AZ. Named from Tea Cup Ranch, in NW/4 sec. 7, T. 5 S., R. 13 E. (Cornwall and Krieger, 1975).
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 ([ ]).