Usage:
Vaqueros Formation (CA*)
Vaqueros Sandstone (CA*)
Subunits:
In Caliente Range, CA (of Dibblee, 1973): Quail Canyon Sandstone Member*, Soda Lake Shale Member*, Painted Rock Sandstone Member*.
In Santa Monica Mountains, CA (of Yerkes and Campbell, 1979): Danielson Member*, San Nicholas Member*.
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene, late*
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Los Vaqueros Valley and upper part of adjoining Reliz Canyon, in T. 20 S., R. 6 E., Junipero Serra 15-min quadrangle, Monterey Co., CA (Arnold, 1906; Thorup, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges 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 ([ ]).