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Changes in Stratigraphic Nomenclature by the U.S. Geological Survey 1966 GEOLOGICAL

SURVEY

BULLETIN

1254-A

Changes in Stratigraphic Nomenclature by the U.S. Geological Survey 1966 By GEORGE V. COHEE, WALTER S. WEST, and LORNA C. WILKIE

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GEOLOGICAL

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BULLETIN

1254-A

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1967

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY William T. Pecora, Director

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 20 cents (paper cover)

CONTENTS Page

Listings of nomenclatural changes.__________________________________ New names adopted for official use in U.S. Geological Survey reports. _ Previously used names adopted for official use in U.S. Geological Survey reports._____________________________________________ Stratigraphic names revised_____________________________________ Changes in age designation____________.________________________ Stratigraphic names reinstated._________________________________ Stratigraphic names abandoned.________________________________ Cuyon Formation, of east-central Puerto Rico, by Lynii Glover III______ The Matilde and Milagros Formations of early Tertiary age in northwest Puerto Rico, by Arthur E. Nelson and Othmar T. Tobisch_____. Matilde Formation.___________________________________________ Milagros Formation__________________________________________ The Malo Breccia and Cotorra Tuff in the Cretaceous of central Puerto Rico, by Reginald P. Briggs.______________..-_---__-____.____ Malo Breccia.______________________________________________ Cotorra Tuff _____________________________________________ Huachuca Quartz Monzonite, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Aiizona, by Philip T. Hayes______________________________________ The Jacaguas Group in central-southern Puerto Rico, by Lynn Glover III and Peter H. Mattson,___________________________________ Miramar Formation._________________________________________ Raspaldo Formation___________________________________________ Los Puertos Formation,___________________________________ _..__ Cuevas Limestone_____________________________________________ Rio Descalabrado Formation__________________________________ Guayo Formation.____________________________________________ Exshaw Formation of Devonian and Mississippian age in northwestern Montana, by Charles A. Sandberg_________________________________ References cited___________________________________________________

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ILLUSTRATIONS Page

FIGURE 1. Map showing distribution of the Cuyon Formation in the northwest corner of the Cayey 7^-minute quadrangle, eastcentral Puerto Rico____________________________________ 2. Geologic sketch map of the Bayaney quadrangle, Puerto Rico__ 3. Schematic diagrams showing relations of the Malo Breccia, the Cotorra Tuff, and adjacent Stratigraphic units.___________ 4. Index map of southeastern Arizona showing location of Huachuca Mountains and Huachuca Quartz Monzonite._______

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Page FIGURE 5. Index map of central-southern Puerto Rico showing localities referred to in text___________________________________ 6. Stratigraphic summary of the Jacaguas Group, central-southern Puerto Rico____________________-.-___-.. 7. Geologic map of the Jacaguas Group in central-southern Puerto Rico_________________.______________ 8. Index map of northwestern Montana showing areas underlain by Exshaw Formation and Sappington Member of Three Forks Formation.__________._____________._--.-._____-

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By GEOEGE V. COHEE, WALTER S. WEST, AND LORNA C. WILKIE LISTINGS OF NOMENCLATURAL CHANGES In the following listings, the changes in stratigraphic nomenclature are grouped together in the categories of (1) new names adopted for official use, (2) previously used names adopted for official use, (3) stratigraphic names revised, (4) changes in age designation, (5) stratigraphic names reinstated, and (6) stratigraphic names abandoned. The stratigraphic names involved in change are listed alphabetically under each category. The age of the unit, the area in which the name is employed, the title of the report, and the publication in which the change is described are given. The capitalization of age terms in the age column follows official usage. Al

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Colvos Sand.__________ Pleistocene_______

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The Red Bird section, a reference locality of the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale in Wyoming, byJ. R. Gill and W. A. Cobban. The Yakima Basalt and Ellensburg Formation of south-central Washington, by J. W. Bingham and M. J. Grolier. Geology of the Ransom quadrangle, Lackawanna, Luzeme, and Wyoming Counties, Pennsylvania, by T. M. Kehn, E. E. Glick, and W. C. Culbertson. Ground-water occurrence and stratigraphy of unconsolidated deposits, central Pierce County, Washington, by K. L. Walters and G. E. Kimmel. Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks in the Corozal quadrangle, northern Puerto Rico, by A. E. Nelson. Paleozoic formations in the Wind River basin, Wyoming, by W. R. Keefer and J. A. Van Lieu. Geologic map of the Hampton quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut, by H. R. Dixon and Fred Pessl, Jr. Exshaw Formation of Devonian and Mississippian age in northwestern Montana, by C. A. Sandberg. Geologic map of the Cibecue quadrangle, Navajo County, Arizona, by T. L. Finnell.

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This report, p. A39Map QQ-545-___.

1966

Bull. 1244-C.

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Guayo Formation (of Jacaguas Group).

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Title and authorship

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Prof. Paper 464. Bull. 1224-J.

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