Usage:
Calico bed (informal) of Smoky Hollow Member of Straight Cliffs Formation (UT)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Stratotype not designated. Is an informal unit first used in Kane Co., UT (Peterson, 1969). Is 20 ft thick at type section of Smoky Hollow Member, measured on west side of Smoky Hollow in NE/4 NE/4 SW/4 sec. 5, T. 42 S., R. 4 E., Kane Co., UT.
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province*
Paradox basin*
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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 ([ ]).