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Drag fold in Safford Basin deposits

Drag fold in Safford Basin deposits

Folded and faulted, fine-grained pre-Gila River basin fill deposits, probably of Pliocene-Pleistocene age. Very fine-grained silty beds repeat, as do carbonate-rich beds. We did not observe fossils. We did observe a number of normal faults in the area. 

Photographer: Joseph Cook

Photo Date: March 2017