Usage:
Whitcomb Quartzite (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
At Whitcomb Hill in N/2 SW/4 sec. 11, T. 17 S., R. 12 E., Twin Buttes quadrangle, Pima Co., AZ (Cooper, 1971).
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.
"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 ([ ]).