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Santa Margarita Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
Fossil from the Santa Margarita Formation
TypeFormation
UnderliesChanac Formation
Location
RegionSan Joaquin Valley, California
CountryUnited States

The Santa Margarita Formation is a Neogene Period geologic formation in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene epoch.

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Monterey Formation. These are in turn overlain by the mid to upper Miocene Santa Margarita Sandstone which is in turn overlain by the upper Miocene Santa Cruz...

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oil varies from Pliocene (Etchegoin Formation), the most recent, to Miocene (Monterey and Santa Margarita Formations), the most ancient, and oil has been...

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Formation, the Miocene 42-O Sand, and the Miocene Santa Margarita Formation. Many of these formations are productive oil-bearing units elsewhere in the...

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Pliocene Morales Formation. None of these upper rocks are oil-bearing, although gas has been produced from the Santa Margarita Formation. Oil from the South...

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private owners of Rancho Santa Margarita. More land was later added to the grant, giving it the name of Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, which stayed...

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over the hard gneiss of the Salinian block and encountered the softer Santa Margarita Sandstone. The falls were formed when the softer sandstone was worn...

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Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve

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