Usage:
Bear Valley Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Oligocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: north of UT Highway 20 about 1.5 mi west of its junction with U.S. Highway 89, from SE/4 NW/4 sec. 5, T. 33 S., R. 5 W. to NE/4 SE/4 sec. 32, T. 32 S., R. 5 W., Garfield Co., UT. Named from Bear Valley (Anderson, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Paradox basin*
South Western Overthrust*
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 ([ ]).