Usage:
Joe Lott Tuff Member of Mount Belknap Volcanics (UT*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Joe Lott Creek in northern part of area. Best exposures are in basin of Clear Creek west of Sevier, and in Beaver River basin southwest of Delano Peak, UT (Callaghan, 1939).
Type locality stated to be along Joe Lott Creek between 2.5 to 4.0 km south of Clear Creek, Sevier Co., UT (Steven and others, 1979).
Principal reference section designated along Clear Creek, in southern parts of T. 25 S., R. 4 1/2 and 5 W., Sevier Co., UT (Steven and others, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Wasatch uplift*
Paradox basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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