Usage:
Diamond Creek Sandstone (UT*)
Geologic age:
Permian, Early*
Wolfcampian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from outcrops near head of Little Diamond Creek, in sec. 22, T. 8 S., R. 4 E., Billies Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle, Utah Co., UT (Baker and Williams, 1940).
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 ([ ]).