Usage:
Claron Formation (NV,UT*)
Claron Limestone (UT)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Paleocene(?)*
Eocene*
Oligocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Occurs at and around Mount Claron, Iron Springs region, Iron Co., UT (Leith and Harder, 1908).
AAPG geologic province:
Great Basin province*
Wasatch uplift
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 ([ ]).