Usage:
Wingate Sandstone of Glen Canyon Group (AZ*,CO*,NM*,UT*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AZ,CO,NM,UT: Lukachukai Member, Rock Point Member.
Geologic age:
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: cliffs north of Fort Wingate, [Fort Wingate 7.5-min quadrangle], McKinley Co., western NM (Dutton, 1885; Harshbarger and others, 1957).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Mesa basin*
Paradox basin*
Plateau sedimentary province*
San Juan 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 ([ ]).