- Usage in publication:
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- Hodges shale member*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Wasatch uplift
Summary:
Pg. 406, 407. Hodges shale member of Bloomington formation. Drab clay shale, 350 feet thick, forming basal member of Blooming formation in northern Utah. Age is Middle Cambrian.
[Named from exposures in Hodges Canyon, Rich Co., northeastern UT. Extends into southeastern ID.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 965).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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