Usage:
Muav Limestone of Tonto Group (AZ*,NV*)
Muav Formation of Tonto Group (AZ*,NV*)
Muav Limestone (NV*,UT*)
Muav Marble (CA*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AZ: [?]Boucher Tongue, [?]Elves Chasm Tongue, Gateway Canyon Member, Havasu Member, Kanab Canyon Member, [?]Lava Falls Tongue, [?]Parashant Tongue, Peach Springs Canyon Member, Rampart Cave Member, Sanup Plateau Member, Spencer Canyon Member, Yampai Cliffs Member.
Geologic age:
Middle and Late(?) Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Muav Canyon, Grand Canyon district, northern AZ, in lower part of which the formation is well exposed (Noble, 1914).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province*
Salton basin
Great Basin province*
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 ([ ]).