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Geologic Unit: Fillmore

Usage:

Fillmore Limestone of Pogonip Group (NV,UT*)
Fillmore Formation of Pogonip Group (UT*)


Geologic age:

Early Ordovician*


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

Composite section: 0.5 mi north from sec. 1, T. 22 S., R. 14 W., NW/4 sec. 8, T. 23 S., R. 14 W., and secs. 5 and 6, T. 23 S., R. 14 W.; called Ibex sections D, G, and H. Named from town of Fillmore, Millard Co., UT (Hintze, 1951).


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.

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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).