Usage:
Copperopolis Latite (UT*)
Copperopolis Latite of /Tintic Mountain Volcanic Group (UT*)
[A group name combines a geographic name with the term "group," and no lithic designation is included (ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Subunits:
Sage Valley Limestone Member (UT).
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures in Copperopolis Canyon, in west-central part of East Tintic Mountains, 10 mi southwest of East Tintic district, in secs. 31 through 33, T. 11 S., R. 2 W., Juab and Utah Cos., UT (Morris and Lovering, 1979).
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 ([ ]).