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Geologic Unit: Apex

Usage:

Apex Conglomerate (UT*)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (early Oligocene)*


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

Type section (subsurface): in Apex Standard No. 2 shaft, in NW/4 NE/4 sec. 22, T. 10 S., R. 3 W., East Tintic Mountains, Juab Co., central UT (Morris and Lovering, 1961).
Reference section (outcrop): south of Apex Standard No. 2 shaft, in center sec. 22, T. 10 S., R. 3 W. (Morris and Lovering, 1961).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province*
Wasatch uplift*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

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