Usage:
Verdos Alluvium (CO*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
"Typically exposed" in outcrop on slope of pediment on Verdos Ranch, NE/4 NW/4 SE/4 sec. 22, T. 6 S, R. 69 W., Littleton quadrangle, Douglas Co., CO. Named from Verdos Ranch (Scott, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Denver basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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