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Geologic Unit: Draper

Usage:

Draper Formation of Lake Bonneville Group (UT*)


Geologic age:

Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Holocene*


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

Type area: strip extending 0.25 mi to each side of Dry Creek, from its mouth to the center sec. 15, T. 3 S., R. 1 E., Salt Lake Co., UT (Morrison, 1965).


AAPG geologic 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 ([ ]).