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Geologic Unit: Swasey

Usage:

Swasey Limestone (NV,UT*)


Subunits:

Condor Member (NV,UT).


Geologic age:

Middle Cambrian*


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

Type locality: slopes of Swasey Peak, [in T. 16 S., R. 13 W., Swasey Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Millard Co.], House Range, western UT (Walcott, 1908a).
Type locality (emended): north side of Marjum Canyon, [in T. 18 S., R. 14 W., Notch Peak 7.5-min quadrangle, Millard Co.], House Range, western UT (Deiss, 1938).


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.

"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 ([ ]).