- Usage in publication:
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- Kane Point tuff [member]
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Tuff
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Great Basin province
Summary:
Named as the upper [member] of the Page Ranch formation, a unit known in the Page Ranch quad, Washington and Iron Cos, UT in the Great Basin province. Named for Kane Point to southwest in Washington[?] Co, UT in the Great Basin province. Type locality not stated. Consists of scarp-forming vitric ignimbrite of rhyolitic composition. Thickness not stated. Overlies the newly named Irontown member of the Page Ranch. Oligocene-Miocene age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Kane Point Tuff Memberâ€
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- Abandoned
Summary:
Kane Point Tuff Member of Page Ranch Formation abandoned in favor of Racer Canyon Tuff. Page Ranch is restricted to rocks below Racer Canyon (former Kane Point) and above Rancher Formation. Rancher has an isotopic age of 19 m.y.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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