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Geologic Unit: Durst

Usage:

Durst Group (CO,UT)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Hells Canyon Formation (UT), Weber Formation (UT).


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian


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

Not designated. Named from Durst Mountain, a peak 7 mi north of Morgan, Morgan Co., UT (Sadlick, 1957).


AAPG geologic province:

Wasatch uplift
Uinta uplift
Uinta basin
Green River 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 ([ ]).