Usage:
Cedar Mesa Sandstone of Cutler Group (AZ*,CO*,NM*,UT*)
Cedar Mesa Formation of Cutler Group (AZ,UT)
Cedar Mesa Formation (NM)
Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member of Cutler Formation (AZ*,CO*,NM*,UT*)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Wolfcampian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Well exposed on Cedar Mesa, UT, on San Juan River, west ot Mexican Hat (Bluff Post Office), San Juan Co., southeastern UT (Baker and Reeside, 1929).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin*
Black Mesa basin*
San Juan basin*
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 ([ ]).