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Geologic Unit: Cedar Fort

Usage:

Cedar Fort Member of Oquirrh Formation (UT)


Geologic age:

Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)


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

On east limb of Pole Canyon syncline, in sec. 36, T. 5 S., R. 3 W., Utah Co., UT (Bissell, 1959).


AAPG geologic province:

Great Basin province
Wasatch uplift


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

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