Usage:
Bryce Canyon Formation (UT-recognized locally in Garfield Co.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary (Montanan? to Paleocene?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Origin of name not stated. Notable exposures along eastern flank of Escalante Mountains in Spencer and Water Canyons, south of Griffin Point, Griffin Point 7.5-min quadrangle, T. 34 S., R. 1 W., Garfield Co., central southern UT] (McFall and Peterson, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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