Usage:
Vernal Mesa Quartz Monzonite of Berthoud Plutonic Suite (CO*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from extensive exposure across Black Canyon and Vernal Mesa, in T. 50 N., R. 8 W., Montrose Co., CO (Hunter, 1925).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region*
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 ([ ]).