Usage:
Fish Springs Member of Trippe Limestone (UT*)
Geologic age:
Middle Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: units 1-5 of Nolan's (1935) type Trippe Limestone on ridge south of Dry Canyon, in N/2 sec. 33, T. 9 S., R. 18 W., north Deep Creek Range, Tooele Co., UT. Named from Fish Springs Range, western UT (Hintze and Robison, 1975).
Reference section: in NE/4, SW/4 sec. 33, T. 12 S., R. 14 W., Juab Co., UT (Hintze and Robison, 1975).
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.
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