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Geologic Unit: Uinta

Usage:

Uinta Formation (CO*,UT*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Myton Member (UT), Wagonhound Member (UT).


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Eocene, middle*


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

First described in Uinta basin, UT (Marsh, 1871).


AAPG geologic province:

Uinta basin*
Green River basin*
Piceance 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 ([ ]).