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Geologic Unit: Hanauer

Usage:

Hanauer Formation (NV,UT*)


Geologic age:

Late Devonian*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: on Hanauer Ridge in northeastern part of Dugway Range, in sec. 36, T. 9 S., R. 12 W., [Dugway Range NW 7.5-min quadrangle], Tooele Co., northwestern UT (Staatz and Carr, 1964).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province*


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 ([ ]).