Usage:
Vekol Formation (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Campanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures immediately west of Reward Mine, Vekol Mountains, Papago Indian Reservation, southwestern Pinal Co., AZ (Basin-and-Range province). Named for exposures in Vekol Mountains (Heindl, 1965).
Reference localities (all in Pinal Co., AZ): (1) southeast of Copperosity Mine; (2) between the Copperosity and Vekol Mines; and (3) in vicinity of village of Sif Vaya (Heindl, 1965).
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.
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