Usage:
Uvas Conglomerate Member of Tejon Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, early*
Eocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Grapevine Canyon, Tehachapi Mountains [Bissel 7.5-min quadrangle], Kern Co., CA (Marks, 1941).
Reference section: west side of Grapevine Creek, 1.75 mi south of Grapevine, in S/2 sec. 29, T. 10 N., R. 19 W., Grapevine 7.5-min quadrangle, Kern Co., CA (Nilsen, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Transverse Ranges province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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