Usage:
/Willow Canyon Formation of Bisbee Group (AZ*)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Willow Canyon Formation of Kay and Crawford (1964) in NV.]
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic(?) to Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in Whetstone Mountains, in SE/4 sec. 25, T. 18 S., R. 18 E., Pima Co., AZ (Finnell, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province*
Pedregosa basin*
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 ([ ]).