Usage:
Beaver Member of Mount Dutton Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary (late Oligocene and early Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: canyon of South Creek about 8 km (5 mi) south of town of Beaver, in SW/4 sec. 12, T. 30 S., R. 7 W., [Kane Canyon 7.5-min quadrangle], Beaver Co., UT (Anderson and Rowley, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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