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Geologic Unit: Cache Valley

Usage:

Cache Valley Formation of Salt Lake Group (ID,UT)


Geologic age:

Pliocene


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Notable exposures on north side of Cache River Valley, north-central UT and southeastern ID, and on Bear River below the middle canyon (Peale, 1879).


AAPG geologic province:

Wasatch uplift


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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