Usage:
White Eagle Mine Formation (AZ)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
White Eagle Mine, northwestern side of Lone Mountain, in sec. 19, T. 6 N., R. 5 E., Cave Creek quadrangle, northern Maricopa Co., AZ. Named from White Eagle Mine (Doorn and Pewe, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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