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Geologic Unit: Emerald

Usage:

Emerald Member of Ajax Dolomite (UT*-notable exposures in Tintic district)


Geologic age:

Late Cambrian*


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

Named from Emerald Mine, [in northeast corner sec. 25, T. 10 S., R. 3 W., Eureka 7.5-min quadrangle, Lat. 39 deg. 55 min. 55 sec. N., Long. 112 deg. 07 min. 09 sec. W., Juab Co., central northern UT].


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province*
Wasatch uplift*


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 ([ ]).