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Geologic Unit: Fernow
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Fernow Quartz Latite*
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
Publication:

Witkind, I.J., and Marvin, R.F., 1989, Significance of new potassium-argon ages from the Goldens Ranch and Moroni Formations, Sanpete-Sevier Valley area, central Utah: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 101, no. 4, p. 534-548.


Summary:

Not used in the Juab-Sevier Valley areas, UT in the Great Basin province. Rocks assigned to Fernow by Meibos (1983) called basal unit of upper unit chiefly of ash-flow and welded tuffs of Goldens Ranch Formation (adopted).

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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