Usage:
Bear Canyon Member of Oquirrh Formation (UT*)
Bear Canyon Formation of Oquirrh Group (UT)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Atokan to Desmoinesian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on crest of ridge north of Bear Canyon that is continuation of Wallsburg Ridge extending westward from corner of SE/4 sec. 16, T. 5 S., R. 4 E., Wasatch Co., north-central UT (Baker, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta 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 ([ ]).