Usage:
Asphalt Ridge Sandstone of Mesaverde Group (UT)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typically exposed on Asphalt Ridge, [in T. 4 and 5 S., R. 21 E., Vernal NE and Vernal SE 7.5-min quadrangles, Uintah Co.], northeastern UT (Walton, 1944).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta basin
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