Usage:
Blawn Formation (UT*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in sec. 35, T. 29 S., R. 15 W., Lat. 38 deg. 15 min. N., Long. 113 deg. 30 min. W., at intersecting corners of Lamerdorf Peak, Frisco, The Tetons, and Blue Mountain quadrangles. Named from Blawn Wash, southern Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver Co., UT (Best and others, 1987).
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.
"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 ([ ]).