Pg. 3, 9+. San Pitch Formation of Indianola Group. Reddish-brown conglomerate and interbedded mudstone and sandstone. Thickness about 85 to 1,100 m. Lies below Sanpete Formation of Indianola Group and above Cedar Mountain Formation. Rocks previously included in Pigeon Creek Formation, Cedar Mountain Formation, and Morrison(?) Formation by some geologists; called "unnamed basal unit" of Indianola Group by Weiss and Roche, 1988 (GSA Mem. 171) and Weiss, 1994 (Utah Geol. Survey Map, no. 159). Age is late Early Cretaceous (middle to late Albian), based on fossils and stratigraphic position.
Type section: near Christianburg, at southern end of San Pitch Mountains, from SE/4 SE/4 sec. 12 to NE/4 NE/4 sec. 13, T. 19 S., R. 1 E., Salt Lake Base Meridian, Sterling 7.5-min quadrangle, Sanpete Co., central UT.
Reference sections --in central UT: (1) Chicken Creek section, in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 2, T. 15 S., R. 1 E., Chriss Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, Juab Co.; (2) Little Salt Creek section, in SW/4 SW/4 sec. 33, T. 15 S., R. 1 E., Chriss Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle, Juab Co.; and (3) SE/4 NE/4 sec. 33, T. 21 S., R. 1 E., Salina 7.5-min quadrangle, Sevier Co.

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