Usage:
Zayante Sandstone (CA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along Zayante Creek, from NW/4 sec. 31, T. 9 S., R. 1 W. to SW/4 sec. 30 T. 9 S., R. 1 W., [Felton 7.5-min quadrangle] Santa Cruz Co., CA (Clark and Rietman, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
California Coast Ranges province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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